I’m sitting in a local cafe sipping on a coffee and devouring a blueberry muffin, because I forgot to take into account the fact that it would take the cable company a week before they’d be able to send a technician out to “setup” the cable at my new place. This is the first time I’ve blogged in public, and I have to admit that it’s a little weird, but kind of cool.
It’s weird because I’ve never had to worry about someone looking over my shoulder while blogging in the privacy of my own home. Also, this isn’t exactly the smartest strategy for blogging anonymously. On the other hand, it’s cool because it feels like I’m back in college or grad school again — minus the cramming for an exam (that’s what the girl next to me is doing) or staying up all night to finish a project.
Anyway, it’s been weird living without Internet access at home for the past week. A blogger without the Internet is like a swimmer without water. Despite not blogging the past week, I’ve been trying to keep up with my reading during breaks at work, so here’s a roundup of my favorite personal finance articles from the past week.
- College Money Tip #8: Know What You Owe at Poorer Than You
- Tax Documents: Keep Your Eyes Peeled at College Finance 101
- January 2008: Progress Update at Green Panda Treehouse
- Still Wrangling the Debt Monster at Broke-Ass Student
- Can Redistribution of Wealth Help Both Poor and Rich? at Spilling Buckets
- Wall Street Jobs Pay Out Big Bonuses: The Investment Banker Defends His Salary at The Digerati Life
- What Unintended Lessons Did Your Parents Teach? at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
- The Awesomest Compilation of Weird and Crazy Jobs E-V-E-R! at Budgets Are Sexy
I’m also hosting the Festival of Frugality this Tuesday, so be sure to submit your best article related to frugality, and I just might include it.
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Haha yeah, i can see how that would be strange. Haven’t done that myself (unless a private hospital room counts?), but good to know your blogging skills don’t suffer from it.
I blog from my college library quite a lot – you get used to it! Also, I find that I’m more comfortable doing it from the more secluded spots in the library than from the big open tables on the first floor. But hey, when you gotta blog, you gotta blog, right?
When I first got to the coffee shop, the only open table was in the middle of the place, so I was a little paranoid that the barista might be looking over my shoulder reading every word that I typed. After awhile one of the tables in the corner opened up, so I moved and it was much better.