In-N-Out

One of my goals on this trip to LA was to get an In-N-Out burger, I've heard nothing but good things about their food, the way they treat their employees and their commitment to quality. I was even a good nerd and read their Wikipedia entry which led me to decide to put my money where my mouth is and NOT eat there.
You see the Snyder family prints Bible references on their packaging. Which might be okay were the passages perhaps moral issues which would be useful, but After reading them, they all focus on a need to believe to believe in a fairy tale guy (Jesus)
So alas In-N-Out burger, just like Chick-fil-A and Domino's Pizza, I refuse to spend my money with any group that promotes your silliness, so until you come to your senses I won't be dining on your Jesus food.

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Thank you Barbara for breaking it down

When, for example, the largest private employer in America, which is Wal-Mart, starts experiencing a shortage of customers, it needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror. About a century ago, Henry Ford realized that his company would only prosper if his own workers earned enough to buy Fords. Wal-Mart, on the other hand, never seemed to figure out that its cruelly low wages would eventually curtail its own growth, even at the company’s famously discounted prices.

Wealth Management

There are a metric shit tonne of blogs around that explain "how you can become rich" and offer advice on how to do it, but one thing I've noticed about the vast majority of the sites is that the people who run them are NOT rich. So I'm not sure they are the best people to listen to.

Penny Wise Dollar Foolish

While I appreciate frugality, I can't help but feel sad for people who are so focused on every single dollar that it seems to run their lives. I still know lots of people who fairly well off but live everyday and do everything with the sole focus of how it affects their bottom line taking, second jobs and rarely spending any money on anything fun and if they do the time is mostly figuring the cost of every second of enjoyment.
Now I appreciate the importance of saving and living within one's means but I think the danger comes about when become obsessed with it. This post at Getting Rich Slowly kind of actually saddens me a bit. I know people who enter "the paper chase" and it becomes a sad obsession for them. It start's innocently enough and at first is commendable, but it gets to the point where it is never enough and every action of the day is focused on pennies and dimes. These people end up being miserly and the worst kind of friends to have, because eventually even your friendship comes down the finical cost to them.
To people who start down this path I recommend "Die Broke" it will help to realize the utility of money and will hopefully stop you from being obsessed with it.

Remember earn money to live, don't live to earn money.

I'd mention something about the people obsessed without every using credit cards or having any debt what so ever but I'll save that for a later post.