Archive for June 14th, 2007

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Starring: Ramona Quimby, Sally J. Friedman, It’s me Margaret, Jillian Jiggs and Penelope Trunk.

June 14, 2007

FINALLY, a Yahoo Finance expert worth reading.

“That’s when we realized we had to totally shift our lifestyle to accommodate our work choices. We made big decisions. We stopped being friends with people who could only order $70 bottles of wine at dinner. We didn’t go to the beach because we didn’t have a car to get there, and besides, beach passes were too expensive.”
continue reading Penelope Trunk’s article “My So Called Financial life”

On first glance, Penelope Trunk is everything that Rich Dad, Poor Dad (a.k.a. Robert Kiyosaki) tries but fails to be: witty, entertaining, and seemingly worth reading. Plus, her name sounds straight out of a Judy Blume book. I’ll see if she stands up after a second reading. From my brief scan of her posts, I would recommend her blog over her Yahoo Finance articles.

Update on my elusive 401(k) article :
It has unofficially been laid to rest, rather than put to bed. I kept nodding off while typing it out and decided it was much too boring to post. I can send you a personalized email version (ooh, personalized interweb experience!) if you can’t stand not reading it. But I’m warning you, it is a snoozer.

Up next: You know, you backpedal any faster, [Rich Dad, Poor Dad], you’re going to moonwalk right to that wall.

(Seems like it should be “through that wall” but I’ll trust the powers that be, since the higher internet authority doesn’t have it memorably quoted.)