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Mr. Right-Click and I have taken to referring to the stretch of the 710 freeway between downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach as Lap Band Alley. Perhaps you can understand why.
In this one stretch of highway, it is impossible to drive more than a quarter mile without seeing at least one billboard advertising lap band [...]
I like a good heart-stopping promotion every once in a while, don’t you?
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Have you done today's New York Times Crossword puzzle? Why not? It's FREE. You would be in effect wasting money if you didn't take advantage. Go here now, before I think better of it.
Are you one of the eleventy billion people who starting blogging because they wanted to get rich quick? Well, I have good news, and I have bad news . . . learn more in my series on blogging as a business.
Looking for something to read? Wondering what I'm reading? Perhaps it's time to start Spying On My Google Reader to find out about the coolest stuff I've read lately on the internet.
Sometimes you just need somebody to start at the beginning and show you how to do it. I know I did. That's why I've compiled all the stuff I've learned about budgeting here for your perusal.
Listen, I was about 32 when I learned how to budget, and 35 when I learned that nobody can afford not to budget. Comparatively speaking, everyone else's financial renaissance is in the advanced placement program.
Is it a brand, or is it a way of life? Sometimes, it's hard to tell. Read about how brands are making cults in order to succeed in the post-Great Recession world in my series on brand cults.
The blog that launched a thousand angry emails.
Tech for mommy bloggers. Or bloggers who aren't mommies, but hang out with them. Or Dads. Whatever.
This is where I post stuff that I think is cool. Maybe you will think it's cool, too.
If you'd prefer to peruse the ABDPBT Personal Finance archives by month, you can check them out here: ABDPBT Personal Finance Archives
Sometimes I think it's more interesting to stop and think about it all fits together in the economic picture. I guess that's the difference between me and a pragmatist.
These days, mommyblogging isn't just about poop. Read below to discover how some parenting bloggers are turning their blogs into viable business models.
Love her? Hate her? Want to be her? Of course she gets her own category -- she's the original mommy blogger businesswoman. And you can learn about all of Dooce's exploits, successful and otherwise, here.
Don't let the "Aww, shucks!" attitude fool you: Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman is a smart cookie and a shrewd businesswoman. You can read about her latest projects here.
I used to have a lot of it. Somehow I dug my way out. You can, too.
My name is Anna. I like to blog. ABDPBT is a creative effort at understanding my experience as a wife, mother, recovering academic, popular culture enthusiast, satirist, and unrepentant fake American.
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