Just for the record, I defended my doctoral dissertation today! I guess that means Mr. B is now Dr. B? Sounds strange…. Don’t worry, I’m not so pompous as to actually change my name on this blog to “Dr. B.” After all, a very wise man once told me: When you get your Bachelor’s degree, [...]
Archive for the Victories Category
Desperately Seeking a Job (No Longer)
Posted 18 March 2009 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Education, Goals, Victories | 8 Comments
Note: This is a follow-up from a previous post (Desperately Seeking a Job). As some of my readers (both of you) may remember, I’ve been on the job market for some time now, furiously and desperately trying to land my first job as a university professor. Times have been tough. My wife and I have [...]
Avoiding the Passport Photo Ripoff
Posted 25 April 2008 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Frugal living, Victories | 4 Comments
My passport recently expired, and since I’m planning a European trip this summer, I need to renew it ASAP. I grabbed the passport application from the Post Office and zipped over to Kinko’s since I knew they took passport-approved photos there. It can’t cost more than a couple bucks for two small photos, right? Wrong! [...]
How I Save $780 Per Year
Posted 14 November 2007 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Victories | 2 Comments
What it I told you that there was a way you could easily save upwards of $500 every year? Sound nice? What if I told you that you could also increase the general happiness of people around you at the same time? Sound unbelievable? It is… almost. Most people are simply unable (or unwilling) to [...]
My Three Personal Best and Worst Financial Decisions
Posted 12 November 2007 by Mr. BTagged As: | Categories: Goals, Victories | Comments Off
Over the years I’ve done a few things right and lot more that’s wrong. Here are a few of each with relation to personal finance: Worst Decisions 1) Checking Only For several years of my early adult life my finances were extremely simple – my girlfriend (now wife) and I only possessed a single checking [...]
