Roundup and Link Love: Shark Week 2009 Edition

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My nine year old son and I have been watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel this week. I’ve decided I’m never swimming in the ocean again! Hah, just kidding!

One researcher believes that leaner humans aren’t quite as palatable as a fatty seal. A shark is like a financial disaster in that way, the leaner you’re running your life, the better your chance of survival!

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Estate Planning: Are You Ready When Your Time Comes? from Lazy Man and Money. Lazy had a brush with death recently, almost choking to death until paramedics arrived and were able to revive him. As a result, he’s been doing quite a lot of deep thinking and this post is one of the results. He lays out quite well the steps we ALL need to take to prepare ourselves and our loved ones for the inevitable.

The Fab Five

The Dough Roller must have been talking to Lazy Man! Planning a low cost funeral is a matter of planning ahead of time and making some decisions now rather than forcing a loved one to make them later.

2009 Sales Tax Holidays at Cash Money Life. Patrick give us the BIG LIST of states that are easing up on their portion of sales taxes.

JLP from All Financial Matters has a confession: he’s been eating out too much! I feel your pain. Traveling as much as I do (only 6 nights in my own bed in July), I eat out a lot and just crave my wife’s great home cooking!

Over at Escape From Cubicle Nation, Pamela writes about a horse riding lesson that taught her some valuable LIFE lessons. My favorite: awareness is the first step in making a change. She goes on to give some great advice on altering your behavior.

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