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It’s the second installment of that venerable series Cost Per Serving! You know what they say. You can’t control something without measuring it first. In view of trying to reduce our food costs, I will be comprehensively calculating the cost per serving of various recipes. And not only that, but I will be rating their deliciousness!* … Read more
Sorry, that’s not a typo. This is not a “Win a Gift Card” post. But I thought I’d share a rare gift card “win.” It goes without saying that I never go to Starbucks. When it comes to personal finance advice, “skip the Starbucks” is some of the most cliched, basic, duhhhhh advice around. It’s … Read more
Long time readers might know that I am a movie buff. My first two jobs were at movie theaters. In high school, I’d take old movies out from the library, and I’d do things like go to see a movie by myself, then sneak into a second one immediately after. The things that have slowed … Read more
In our seemingly never-ending quest to rid ourselves of all debt forever, we made a move to pay off almost $2,000 of the loan on our Toyota Corolla. We sold a bunch of savings bonds! Was this a good idea or not? It all depends on the interest rate we’d earn on the savings bonds versus … Read more
Oh dear readers, as I mentioned last week we are going to Peru for a week and a half. Now is as good a time as any for a blog break. The next post probably won’t be until mid-April. SAD FACE! But it will be our first Ridinkulous Quarterly Expense Report! Exciting! In the meantime, I hope … Read more
Hello and welcome to the first installment of I Went On Vacation And You Didn’t! Okay, maybe that won’t be the name of this series, but it made me laugh. Because, you know, that attitude is kind of implied whenever somebody writes about their vacation on a blog. Showing your vacation photos in person is bad enough, … Read more
If you weren’t aware, Ridinkuloids, 1,500 Days interviewed our corporate overload, Gygax! I normally don’t like to talk about what goes on behind the scenes here, but long story short, we are part of an intergalactic blog network ruled by a ruthless, but effective, demigod and his trained wolf. Gygax really spills the beans in the interview… … Read more
Hi everyone. Norm coming to you live from Ridinkulous Headquarters from a new (to me) laptop and a newly configured WordPress. These things, along writing so intermittently, are throwing me for a loop, so excuse me if I sound a little hoarse. Things have been chugging along here as usual. Since I last wrote at … Read more
Well look what time it is, everyone! It’s time for our very first quarterly report! Some financial blogs compile their expenses on a monthly basis. Not me! I’m far too lazy! Plus, through our constant churning of credit cards, and the fact that I record every expense on a cash basis, our monthly totals get … Read more
If you remember the first time I introduced you to America’s Least Favorite Corporation and our cable provider, Time Warner Cable, we were trying to figure out how to reduce our entertainment bill while not cutting into our tv viewing options. For six years, we’ve had a basic cable subscription, plus Netflix and Hulu, and … Read more