What I paid in library overdue fines in 2008:
December: $4.80
November: $5.10
August: $3.30
June: $2.40
June: $2.40
April: $.60
January: $1.28
Total: $ 19.88
Entries from January 31st, 2009
Just Buy The Book Already
January 31st, 2009 4 Comments
Help? Uh, Yeah, Whatever, Says Bank
January 30th, 2009 1 Comment
It’s fitting that I’ve had this starting-over-when-I-didn’t-mean-to experience with this blog, because my debit card has also decided to stop scanning again, which was one of the first things I blogged about.
This happened last weekend at my local convenience store. I was there to get gas, but the automatic pay-at-the-pump wasn’t taking the card. Then [...]
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I’m Back!
January 29th, 2009 No Comments
Thanks for your patience with my down time, and let me just say that my shenanigans will appear under future entries of “How Not to Move a Blog 1o1.”
I hope you like the new design, courtesy of Jayant Nandy. He may be tweaking the graphics a bit; I will be tinkering with things like categories, [...]
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Final Blog Down Update, I Hope!
January 22nd, 2009 No Comments
I may be down for as long as 7 days from today. Sorry if that’s the case, but I’ll be doing my best to make it worthwhile.
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What Do You Think of These New Ideas?
January 21st, 2009 No Comments
So while we’re working behind-the-scenes here on getting the new blog look up and running, I thought I’d tell you my ideas for what I think it’s going to tackle.
I had this burst of inspiration yesterday to create some different categories that posts can fall under, such as:
Before Kids
After Kids
We Tried It
You Asked (top financial [...]
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New Look and Feel Coming Soon
January 19th, 2009 No Comments
I’m excited to announce that Cash on the Barrelhead is getting a new look! We’re working on it now, so it may even be this week. The site should be easier to read and navigate for you, and will make it easier for me to do a bunch of behind-the-scenes technical stuff.
I’m hoping 2009 will [...]
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Minneapolis Parents May Pay for All-Day Kindergarten Next Year
January 16th, 2009 2 Comments
Principals of Minneapolis schools learned yesterday that budget shortfalls will rule out publicly funded all-day Kindergarten next year for many of them.
At an open house at Armatage K-5 school last night, principal Joan Franks apologized to prospective parents (those with children who will start Kindergarten next fall) who had been told at last weekend’s school [...]
Tags: K-12 · Kindergarten · Minneapolis Minnesota
2009: Bad News or Good News First?
January 16th, 2009 No Comments
It’s been an inauspicious start to the New Year so far for many friends and colleagues. Lots of people I talk to are starting to feel the shock waves ripple through the economy. Coupled with a death in the family for one of my friends and a scary diagnosis in the family for another, at [...]
