Mish on March 21st, 2009

When we moved back to Vermont in 2003, I was terrified. Without a steady job, I didn’t know exactly from where our money would come. We were always on what I believed to be the edge of poverty. But then I started to think about it. Were we truly poor?
Everywhere I look “books, radio, television” [...]

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Mish on February 4th, 2008

 Another great carnival…this one is hosted by Broke Grad Student.
http://brokegradstudent.com/carnival-of-debt-reduction-125-super-bowl-xlii-edition/

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Mish on December 17th, 2007

I did some Christmas shopping over the weekend. I decided to suck it up and brave the crowds – and we did, my daughters and I. But it was some of the most difficult shopping I’ve ever done, because I couldn’t just buy anything. I kept looking at all of the cheap, plastic crap and [...]

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