Archive for December, 2007

Track Your Money: Saving Advice From Rockefeller

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The Advice “Now let me leave this little word of counsel for you. Keep a little ledger, as I did. Write down in it what you receive, and do not be ashamed to write down what you pay away. See that you pay it away in such a manner that your ...

Food Fridays: Kick Your Vodka up a Notch

Friday, December 21st, 2007

First of all, a small announcement. I have a lot of year-end festivities coming up, so this will likely be my last post until January. On that note, I toast you with three links about vodka. 1. Making fruit-infused vodka This comes from the blog Modern Beet, which suggests making infused ...

Separating Equilibrium: Why Expensive Gifts Aren’t Always Proportionally Better

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Every Tuesday is a Game Theory article at Mind Your Decisions. If you want to give a great gift, you do not need to spend tons of money. In fact, I’d say that many times the more you spend on a gift, the less value you will get. This is not just ...

Food Fridays: Vegetarian Cassoulet and Two Great Comments

Friday, December 14th, 2007

I was tickled that Google referred a searcher to its French translation of my blog. To appease the search engine gods, I offer a French-inspired recipe today. It is a recipe for vegetarian cassoulet, which I recently prepared: Vegetarian cassoulet is a hearty meal and goes well with bread, and a little ...

Google Does Not Even Understand English Sometimes

Friday, December 14th, 2007