Archive for January, 2008


January 31, 2008

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$5million & your piggy bank: financial planners’ standard target for retirement
January 14, 2008

“Mrs. Foster, you & your husband should save at least $5million for retirement…at least!”

[THUNK]
That’s my psychological (& literal) piggy bank passing out from that advice. Most all financial planners I met with last year suggested $5million be our retirement savings target (east coast).
What the SAM HECK do we need to save [...]

Fraud is the new … green?! charging customers for bulbs they didn’t buy
January 14, 2008

It could’ve been a winning green initiative: educating customers on energy-efficient CFL light bulbs.
Yet instead, a Maryland power company’s approach has left a green campaign wanting — and their customers screaming mail fraud.
More from:
An Allegheny Power customer in the thick of it, Jimmy Gardner reports at East Coast Blogging.

2007 goals met & missed (plus recalling family mantra for ‘tell the truth!’)
January 7, 2008

I heard that as a kid growing up from Oklahoma relatives - said when it was really time to tell the truth! I love it. And for whatever reason, it surmounts my agnosticism & paraphrases the need for honesty to this day.
In that spirit…:
Life balance goals met & missed (2006 vs 2007)
Come to Jesus 2006: [...]