Yesterday, Megan McArdle’s broke the news that Edmund Andrews’ wife has declared bankruptcy twice—a fact that wasn’t in the book or in his recent story in the New York Times Magazine.
I’ll let McArdle’s piece speak for itself. (UPDATE: Here’s Edmund Andrews’ response.) But it doesn’t surprise me that a missing detail like this emerged. In [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 22, 2009
Edmund Andrews: the missing bankruptcies (UPDATE)
May 20, 2009
How to use your freezer
A friend alerted me to this fabulous Mark Bittman article about how to make the best use of your freezer. I’m pretty good at freezing—I make a lot of freezer-friendly foods, like beans, beef stew, curry, and pasta sauce, and I always make enough to freeze. But he suggests freezing foods I never would have [...]
May 17, 2009
Why I can’t feel sorry for Edmund Andrews
This week, a lot of people are talking about the story Edmund Andrews wrote in the New York Times Magazine. Andrews took out a mortgage he couldn’t afford, ran up $50,000 in credit card debt, and is now facing foreclosure.
How did it happen? He says, “The money was there, and I was in love.” Optimism, [...]
May 9, 2009
Win a FREE $25 AdWords Gift Certificate PLUS a Book!
I have a copy of AdWords for Dummies, which comes with a $25 AdWords Gift Certificate. If you want it, leave a comment here describing your favorite tech tool or Web service (i.e., Mint.com, Google Docs). If you’re a business owner, tell us how you use it in your business. (Sorry if you have to [...]
May 5, 2009
Should we use our credit cards more often, in order to get rewards?
Today, for the first time in a while, I decided to check and see how much cash back we’ve racked up on our credit card. It’s at $197—which is great, because once we hit $200, we can redeem it for $250 in cash.
But I was expecting to see a bit more. We get 1% cash [...]
