One of the great things about not having children is that you can make comments on the way other people raise theirs with basically no comeuppance. One of the slightly disturbing things about blogging on personal finance is that because most personal finance bloggers are American, even as a British ...

is on lunch, erm, dinner? at The BUX. Any makes me the best ham sandwiches everrr! # Yup, fucked up my finger, bad. Pinched it in the gears of my corkscrew… Happy new year… =/ # Fuck FAFSA # Just got back from Mr. B’s with Ang, time for some WoW? # Originally published at my person...

Daily Aid 57: Preparing for 2009 Part 2 - Saving Money As 2008 rolls to a close, I wanted to take some time this week to share some ideas about how to get ready for 2009. The year ahead holds incredible promise, unfathomable danger, and everything in between, and the best opportunities will be avail...

If anyone reading this wants to get me a Christmas present, I could use some slippers. My feet are freezing! haha. Anyway. I spent most of tonight outside dragging a pallet jack around in the snow and trying to get boxes that had ice glued themselves to the cement to come loose. Ice is *Really* good...

Daily Aid 51: Financial aid trends Student Financial Aid News From Inside Higher Ed: Arne Duncan, the superintendent of schools in Chicago, is expected to be named today by President-elect Barack Obama as his pick for education secretary, The New York Times reported. Duncan is well regarded by advoc...

So just how tough is it for a bank to apply for a bailout?  Not very: WASHINGTON - Ever need a college loan? You’ve probably pored through the notorious eight-page FAFSA application. A likely home buyer? Try the five-page Uniform Residential Loan Application. But what if you’re a ba...

Image by warrantedarrest via Flickr When I was a college kid in the 1970s, buying pot was easier than buying cigarettes (though, to be honest, I don’t remember ever buying either!) Probably, it hasn’t changed. But here’s what has:  I didn’t know of one single person who̵...

As we near the end of the year, I find myself thinking about crossroads. The three things that I’ve thought about the most this year are Clay Aiken, the election and my own life (not necessarily in that order). The country is obviously at a huge crossroads as we face the toughest economic time in ...

So I called the college today to see if they got my stuff. They got my transcripts today, but I had to fill out a form to have them evaluated, so I sent that in via interwebs. Unfortunately that process takes a couple of weeks. Apparently they also had me on there for full time, but I only wanted pa...

The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series In the first part of this discussion on the coming financial aid crisis, we talked about Pell Grant shortfalls and increased demand due to enrollments. Let’s dig into some heavier economic data to see what may lie ahead. Here’s a chart ...