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Archive for December, 2007

Vacation at Last

So today begins my two week vacation. Imagine, 2 weeks of not going to the office — of not slaving under the corporate yoke. The two weeks stretch ahead like a highway through the countryside — what a delicious feeling.
I’ve decided not to do anything too expensive on this vacation and in […]

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Wrapping Things Up before Vacation

I’m in one of those very busy periods at work. I’m taking two weeks off starting Friday and have a hell of a lot to do if I want to leave things in good shape.
I got my bonus confirmed yesterday. It won’t be quite as much as I had been hoping, but […]

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Bumba Meu Boi

So I came home from the gym this afternoon to find a bull’s head by the window. Not a real head of course, but still it gave me quite a start.
There is an explanation. My partner M. is Brazilian and, like a large number of Brazilians, is a Spiritist. A major […]

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Putting Myself First (cont.)

Yesterday M’s cellphone got shut off. He got a new plan with Verizon a few months ago with 300 free minutes. Somehow he didn’t quite get that it would start costing money after 300 minutes and, within 2 months, had run up a bill of $500. He asked me several times last […]

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Putting Myself First

I got an early start on my first new years resolution, to cut out unnecessary expenses. Today I worked from home and took care of some personal business, including getting rid of my cable TV! This leaves me with a strange, disconnected feeling, but I’m sure I’ll get over it soon enough — […]

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Giving at the Office

Does anyone else get harassed to give money at the office? My company has a charitable giving program where employees can choose have a certain amount deducted from each paycheck, pretax, and donated to either the firm’s charitable foundation or to a charity of our choice. I’ve always given generously; in fact last […]

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Frugality

I’ve been enjoying a blog called Frugal for Life lately, especially as I am working at becoming more frugal myself. In my last post I wrote about one of my resolutions for the upcoming new year (I’ll be writing more), about how I intend to spend less and save more. Actually I plan […]

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New Years Resolutions

It’s December, and time to start thinking about New Years resolutions. I wrote in my last entry that I have earned more than I’ve spent this year. My primary resolution for next year is to increase that margin even more. And to this end I’ve spent the day cancelling per-month subscriptions. […]

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