I just finished filling out a lot of paperwork for my new job–lots of security stuff.  The job is in the gambling industry, and there is understandably some concern over security.  One of the pages I had to fill out was an acknowledgement that they’d be running a credit check.
I hadn’t thought of it before, [...]

The benefits of being debt free and having saved money never seem to end. If you are a regular reader of this irregular poster you know that I left my job back in February. Even at the time, we realized how fortunate we are to have the financial foundation that would allow me [...]

Today on Dave Ramsey’s radio show, he mentioned a letter Abraham Lincoln wrote to his brother-in-law in response to a request for money. The amount of $80 seems like a small amount these days, but it’s probably the equivalent of someone asking for around $10,000 or so today. Here are some excerpts of [...]