That fence project I mentioned? A shipping fiasco means it won't be done this weekend. Three weeks of fence-fixing!
Links We Liked
- Political Calculations compares and contrasts their dividend cut indicator with the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow indicator, finding it a bit more pessimistic on current Q2 2015 conditions.
- Free By 50 does the math - and he's spent right around 48 cents per mile on owning his car for 8 years.
- Save. Spend. Splurge with some interesting details about companies dropping all cotton clothing options - call it the disposable clothing trend? It's still hard for me to find things that fit off the rack.
- Some other Personal Finance sites ended up in an interesting article on early retirement over at Vox.
- I'm 2/2 on completed Kickstarter deliveries (but I, of course, would be prepared to lose money on one!), but others haven't been so lucky. The NYT had an interesting article on one Kickstarter that fell through, and the aftermath...
- For you residents of the other 49 states (and 200 other countries!), California's in a bit of a drought. Here's a story about the weird politics of drought, and a glimpse into the biggest California drought in quite some time.
- A crazy story over at Money Beagle about tracking down an identity thief because of a pizza delivery!
- Some interesting quotes from the PoP's recent trip to the Woodstock of Capitalism.