Business is Personal (Finance)

• Inline skate analysis paralysis

  Apr 23, 2010
  I love skating. Most forms of exercise are rather blah to me but put some wheels on my shoes and I can go for hours slicing through the wind. Especially nice is the endorphin rush when I'm near the end... 0

• Downside of being an ocean away

  Apr 19, 2010
  There's a Sarah Brightman song with the lyrics:There's an ocean between us. You know where to find me. You reach out and touch me. I feel you in my own heart. More than a lifetime Still goes on forever. But... 0

• Maximizing job hunting returns

  Apr 18, 2010
  In the past 4 years, we've done most of our new hires using Craigslist. The position we've hired the most for is Data Control Analyst and each time as the economy worsened, the response rate went up. Here's how each... 0

• I hate mosquitoes

  Apr 10, 2010
  About a month ago, I wrote about the 2nd worse thing about living in China -- the north/south wind combos that make floors and walls drip with moisture. Number 1 on that list is mosquitos. Living in San Francisco, mosquitoes... 0

• 2009 tax extension filed

  Apr 8, 2010
  As I begin writing, there are 7 more days before the traditional tax due date. I've known my rough tax estimate since January but I finally took the time to download every statement to enter into TaxAct. For a few... 1

• Foreigner's Finances comment summary

  Apr 6, 2010
  Austin over at Foreigner's Finances was gracious enough to send some traffic to this site when he interviewed me in his continuing series on people living overseas. The link to my interview is at: Interview with a location-independent family man... 2

• Guaranteed Insurance Contracts

  Apr 2, 2010
  The usual investing advice is don't mix up insurance with investing. The fees are high, the restrictions many, the fine-print hard to read. Basically, there are far better alternatives ... at least in the U.S.. An American investor can buy... 0