Michael on June 30th, 2008
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Last week, Nickel of 5centnickel wrote of Some Stimulus Payments Diverted to Pay Outstanding Debts.
This got me to thinking about my own personal experience with the stimulus, which I posted on that blog and have provided below:
Whatever you do, just don’t count on knowing when or how you’ll get your money. Since the stimulus [...]

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Michael on June 27th, 2008
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Although I am often asked to speak to recent grads, I have never been asked to speak at any graduations. But if I were, I imagine I would deliver something along the lines of this speech.
Today is part 6. To see the entire speech released so far, click here and read from the bottom [...]

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Michael on June 26th, 2008
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This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by Mrs. Micah, featured dozens of useful articles including a section of my hypothetical graduation speech.
Continuing my weekly theme of brevity and usefulness, if you’ve got time for just one additional article this week, I strongly recommend Patience Will Keep Us from Spending Unnecessary Money by Money Ning. [...]

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Jeremy, the author of the popular Generation X Finance blog, reviewed Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck on Monday.
It was a very favorable review (obviously not a shock, since I’m posting a link to it from my blog). My favorite part is:
What really stands out is the conversational approach. You almost get the feeling that you’re [...]

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Michael on June 24th, 2008
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Although I am often asked to speak to recent grads, I have never been asked to speak at any graduations. But if I were, I imagine I would deliver something along the lines of this speech.
Today is part 5. To see the entire speech released so far, click here and read from the bottom [...]

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Michael on June 19th, 2008
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Although I am often asked to speak to recent grads, I have never been asked to speak at any graduations. But if I were, I imagine I would deliver something along the lines of this speech.
Today is part 4. To see the entire speech released so far, click here and read from the bottom [...]

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Michael on June 18th, 2008
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This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance was prepared by Consumerism Commentary. It is the third anniversary of the carnival and featured my post Graduation Speech Part 1: You’re even. Now.
As I know Beyond Paycheck to Paycheck readers are always quite busy, I’ll once again provide you a link to the one article from the [...]

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Although I am often asked to speak to recent grads, I have never been asked to speak at any graduations. But if I were, I imagine I would deliver something along the lines of this speech.
Today is part 3. To see the entire speech released so far, click here and read from the bottom [...]

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Michael on June 16th, 2008
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A couple of weeks ago I took my two daughters to Babies R Us to have their pictures taken. If you’ve got kids, you know what’s coming next: an experience. And then some. The three year old smiles on demand but is unable to sit still for even the fraction of [...]

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Although I am often asked to speak to recent grads, I have never been asked to speak at any graduations. But if I were, I imagine I would deliver something along the lines of this speech.
Today is part 2. To see the entire speech released so far, click here and read from the bottom [...]

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