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How Deep Is Your Sinkhole?

By J. Timothy King on September 21, 2012

A happy thought on which to end the week. As you may know, we’ve been working Dave Ramsey’s system to stop paying debt interest to big banks and improve our standard of living. Well, this past week, I finally got paid for some contract work I did last year (yup—more on that in a bit), […]

Posted in Inspiration | Tagged Dave Ramsey, encouragement, finances | 1 Response

Dave Ramsey wielding his infamous scissors

The Man With the Scary Scissors

By J. Timothy King on June 22, 2012

I think this is the last Dave Ramsey story I’ll tell for a little while. (Or at least the last big one.) But I have to at least tell this one, because I’ve already told it to several friends, several times, and it’s turned out to be a hoot. Dave Ramsey is famous for cutting […]

Posted in Humor, Stories, True Stories | Tagged credit cards, Dave Ramsey, finances, Financial Peace University, money, photos | 3 Responses

Bits & Pieces 2012-06-21

Bits & Pieces 2012-06-21

By J. Timothy King on June 21, 2012

Links and things I’ve recently run across. Babylon 5 Fans: How many of these people can you recognize? Bill Mumy is probably best remembered as young Will Robinson on the original Lost in Space, but he’ll always be Lennier to me. Nowadays, he’s pursuing his music career. (You can catch some of Bill Mumy’s music […]

Posted in Bits & Pieces | Tagged Babylon 5, Bill Mumy, book industry, economy, finances, food

Photo © 2012 "Tax Credits" CC BY-SA 2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/76657755@N04/7027596629/

Budgeting is a Love Thang

By J. Timothy King on June 20, 2012

According to Dave Ramsey, money arguments are the number-one cause of marital strife. Now, I’m not sure where he got that factoid. And I don’t actually know whether it’s true, because marriages—as all relationships—are more complex and nuanced than a single cause. Regardless, it is surely true that money arguments are a leading factor in […]

Posted in Books, Love and Relationships, Love through the Eyes of an Idiot, Stories, True Stories | Tagged budgeting, Dave Ramsey, depression, finances, Financial Peace University, Ivan Tyrrell, Joe Griffin, marriage, money, psychology | 4 Responses

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