Frugality: A Great American Pastime?
First off, Lazy Man is not an appropriate title for this particular man’s blog because he did a very un-lazy job with the sixty-second Festival of Frugality when he matched the art of frugality with the art of baseball, America’s pastime. So, does this mean he thinks frugality is America’s pastime as well? Lazy did it because 62 was the magic number needed by a hitter to surpass Roger Maris’ single season home run record, eventually broken by both Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa (both of which have seen been mired in controversy). Anyway, Lazy Man did a great job and here are my choices for MVPs from last week (most valuable posts!):
Timely Article: This Saturday (2/24), if you’re near an AMC and want to see five films up for Best Picture for only $30, hit up an AMC. HC at One Big Mortar Board writes about the AMC Theatres Oscarfest this saturday.
- Golbguru wonders if it’s easier being frugal if you’re single. I think it depends on where you’re at and less of your single/married/whatever situation. Certainly if you’re single and trying to not become single, being frugal is very difficult (or becoming un-single is very difficult).
- A Silver Lining has a post about reusing old calendars. Personally I don’t use calendars so this isn’t a helpful tip but you can keep old calendars out of the dumpster (reduce, reuse, recycle!) by giving them new life in a few years. (BTW, use permalinks Silver Lining!)
- Nina at Queer Cents takes a look back at when Northwest decided to give recently fired employees some tips on frugality. Despite the boneheadedness of the idea, some of the tips were pretty uselessly stupid. Oh, by the way, you’re fired.