Archive for the 'Money and Finances' Category

401k Worries

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

With the stock market having lost about 30% of its value in the last 12 months (and nearly crashing yesterday after having nearly crashed the week before), I figured I’d better take a look at my 401k and see how it was doing. First of all, I’ve only had my 401k for about 7 months [...]

Credit card debt is the bane of my existence

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

For a little over a month now, I’ve been back to work on a contractual basis with a great staffing agency here in San Diego. I originally looked to them for work when I first moved to California but ended up taking a few other jobs with other companies. Well after 5 weeks of not [...]

Probably the best investment I’ve ever made

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Consumer Reports: 10 Best and Worst Cars for Depreciation I feel good knowing that my car is worth more today than what I paid for it over 2 years ago :)

The downward spiral continues

Friday, August 6th, 2004

So I checked my credit card account online, just to feel worse about my money problems, when lo and behold my last payment to them was backed out. So now I’m not only late on my credit card bill, I’ve been charged a fee that effectively pushes me over the limit on my card. So [...]

Broke as a Joke

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

It’s been two weeks since my last updated… I make no apologies for the frequent lapses in blogging. Work has a tendency of kicking my ass every few days, especially when I only had one day off in the last week. I’m getting tired of the long hours spent at work, not so much because [...]