This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at My Money Forest. I like that he picked some of his favorites. For more information on participating and the hosting schedule, please check out the main Carnival of Investing page. I’ve been slacking on scheduling new hosts, but I am always looking for volunteers. It’s a great way to introduce your blog to new readers.

I am in the process of migrating this blog from Movable Type to WordPress. If you see any errors or missing pages, please leave a comment. Thanks! The rest of this entry is not money related.

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This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at 1stmillionat33. For more information on participating and the hosting schedule, please check out the main Carnival of Investing page. I’m going to line up more hosts this week, so please let me know if you’re interested.

This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at Stock Market Beat. For more information on participating and hosting schedule, please check out the main Carnival of Investing page. My Money Blog also participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Savvy Saver.

This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at Free Money Finance. For more information on participating and hosting schedule, please check out the main Carnival of Investing page. MyMoneyBlog also participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Just Another Money Blog.

This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at Experiments in Finance. Next week’s edition will be hosted at Free Money Finance. For more information on participating and hosting schedule, please check out the Carnival of Investing Information Page.

In addition, MyMoneyBlog participated these other fine carnivals as well:

Carnival of Business at It’s Just Money.
Carnival of the Capitalists at Fat Pitch Financials.

This week’s Carnival of Investing is up at Mighty Bargain Hunter. Next week’s edition will be hosted at Experiments in Finance. For more information on participating and the updated hosting schedule, please check out the Carnival of Investing Information Page.

In addition, MyMoneyBlog participated these other carnivals as well:

Carnival of the Capitalists at MyMoneyForest.
Carnival of Personal Finance at Raising4Boys.

Commenter Rummy on my last net worth update asks a good question – What’s our income? After all, I sure spill a lot of financial beans on this blog. You guys know how much debt I have, how much savings, even where my money is invested. Why not disclose income? I agree, it would help complete the financial picture and give things context.

The main reason why I’m not giving out exact numbers is that this blog is not a completely anonymous anymore. If it were, I think I would share. But family, friends, and co-workers know about it now. And for some reason income is very, very personal. Even more personal than net worth. If our co-workers knew our salaries, there is a good chance it could create tension, and I *hate* office politics. My old boss specifically asked me not to mention my salary to others.
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While our current cars are running fine (even though one is 11 years old), I find myself very intrigued by the new 2007 Honda Fit. One of many perky new compact cares, many people may assume that it’s just a response to recent gas prices, but the Fit has been sold in Japan and around the world as the Jazz since 2001.

I like it because it just seems simple and useful. It’s got decent seating room due to it’s shape. Check out the different seating configurations, or ‘modes’, that it has. The rear seats actually fold flat like in an SUV, giving you lots of storage space. And it’ll be easy to park.
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My Money Blog is excited be included in a few carnivals this week:

Carnival of Personal Finance #54 at Mighty Bargain Hunter.
Carnival of Investing #28 at My Personal Finance Blog.
Carnival of the Capitalists at Financial Methods

The next Carnival of Investing is also going to be held at Mighty Bargain Hunter. What a sucker for punishment 😉

Ok, I fully realize that everyone complains, and it is just how most people deal with stress. Nothing wrong with that. But I’m sick and tired of the media frenzy about college costs like it’s worse than HIV or something. Books, magazine articles, newspaper headlines. I’m here to say: College Is Cheap. And here’s why:

Tuition. I don’t know of any public university that charges more than $5,000 $10,000 a year for in-state tuition. I also don’t know of any state that doesn’t at least have one decent college. On top of that, in most states you can do your first 2 years at community college, and then transfer for your final 2 years and still get the exact same Bachelor’s degree.
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Q: When is an oil/filter change not an oil/filter change?

A: When you go to the Jiffy Lube featured in this video. They leave the original filter in the car! (They mark the old filter with a smiley face.)
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