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Free credit report blues

19 October 2005 Comments Off

As you may already be familiar, you can get your credit report from three major credit reporting bureaus for free each year. This is after a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to thwart rising fraud and identity theft incidents. I visited AnnualCreditReport.com today to procure my free set of reports (yes, [...]

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Financial stability

20 June 2005 Comments Off

While the better part of the past three years or so were spent running up credit card debt, then pretending to be serious about it, then actually doing something about it, I recently learned that there’s more to wealth than how many numerals appear next to your bank account balances.

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Life lesson

3 May 2005 Comments Off

My experience with credit has turned out to be one hell of a learning experience. It seems there are MANY people like me, and only a handful unlike me who managed to avoid the hole I dug myself into. To those of you who are not being wise with your credit, there’s nothing anyone can [...]

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Overdue update

26 January 2005 Comments Off

So it’s been a while since I wrote anything. My mind has been occupied with several issues – some good, some bad. I’ve thought about writing something for a while, just haven’t had the will lately.

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What a day

10 October 2004 Comments Off

It’s an hour away from midnight, and it’s the first chance all day I’ve had to have a seat. I worked my ass off today, and I feel good. Among a few other chores, I made a lot of repairs to my car. The negative battery cable needed to be replaced because the battery clamp [...]

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All getting better

8 August 2004 Comments Off

Things have been looking up lately. I’ve been able to take care of all the financial difficulties that aroused from moving, and I’m ready to start hackin’ away at my debt. I’ve more or less got my apartment like I want it. There’s only a few things I don’t like (i.e. the mirrors and floors), [...]

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