It’s been a busy week here at Pinching Copper. The Simple Dollar linked to my post Why we rent, and it’s been getting quite the reaction! I just wanted to take another second to say “Hi” to all the new readers that stumbled across the site this past week. Pull up a chair and stick […]

When I was little kid, I used to always stop and pick up any coins I’d see on the sidewalk. Most of the time, it would be a penny, but once in a while I’d get lucky and find a nickel, dime, or even a quarter. When you’re a kid, finding money on the street […]

I was browsing CNN at work the other day (shh…) and I came across this one article that told a story about a man whose dream was to perform a record breaking 25 mile high skydive. He’s been trying his entire life to finance and coordinate a record-breaking freefall from a balloon from an altitude […]

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About a month ago, I bought a Skype phone for long distance calling. My sister is a Peace Corps volunteer in Uganda, and before I bought my Skype phone I had to call her using calling cards (we didn’t have a land line and long distance with a cell phone is financial suicide). The problem […]

Over the past week, my post What GTA IV taught me about personal finance was featured at the Carnival of Personal Finance. It’s been a little low key here lately. I apologize for the randomness of my posts, work has been a little hectic, and my freetime at home has been taken up my cat […]