A few months ago, when I was walking by a fellow prisoner, erh… cube dweller, I noticed that he had a stack of paper that was about 1 foot high. I was perplexed… what was it for? So I asked him, he told me it was scrap paper. I thought that was a pretty good idea. … Continue reading Re-Using Printer Paper At Work
Author: Money Reasons
A offbeat personal finance blogger that comes from the tech world.
Kids Allowance Amount
I decided to start a weekly allowance for both of my kids after they had their 5th birthday. I basically decided to keep it simple. I just give them $1 for each year of age ($5 for my 5-year-old, $9 for my 9-year-old). Depending on how well I’m doing financially on down the road, I might increase the amounts for both kids… Continue reading Kids Allowance Amount
Investment Losses
Well, we are finally in the 4th quarter of 2009! Time to start looking at any losses in our brokerage accounts (this past year was bad for me, too many high beta stock). Beta is the risk factor the stock is rated at, 1 being average risk, and anything higher than 1 being more risky. If… Continue reading Investment Losses
Navy Shower
Showering the Navy way… This summer, I started showering the Navy way. Ironically, I didn’t know it was called that at the time. I was showering, and thought “Wow, most of the shower water is being wasted and that I could reduce my water usage”. Here is What I Did: So I started to soak myself,… Continue reading Navy Shower