Personal Finance King

A Personal Finance Money Blog from a Christian Perspective

  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Recommended Sites

My Amazon Diet for Christmas

December 18, 2020 By Barnaby 2 Comments

I look so fit and healthy here due to the latest weight-loss craze – tropical fruits, plus protein from dried rainforest bugs.  Nah, the headline actually refers to fasting from Amazon.com, the online behemoth.  Like most crash diets, I’ve cheated. But I’ve had some success and lost some psychic weight.  Amazon’s super-handy “past orders” record shows that […]

We Ported Our Landline Phone to Google Voice, Saving $46 Per Month

September 16, 2020 By Barnaby

That headline doesn’t quite cover it. Actually, we transferred our landline to Google Voice, and super charged our Internet bandwidth, and gained some cool call forwarding/voicemail features, and are saving $46 per month with our new voice-over-IP (VoIP) setup. It wasn’t simple – there is a multi-step process – but you don’t need to be […]

10 Myths (Busted!) on the 2020 Election, Christianity, and Personal Finance

October 20, 2020 By Barnaby 4 Comments

Myth #1: There is a Grand Canyon-Size Enthusiasm Gap in the Presidential Election Pundits love to talk about the ‘Enthusiasm Gap.’ About how Donald Trump has rabid loyal followers and Joe Biden does not. That’s true, but it’s the wrong perspective. Trump fans are rabid, but anti-Trump fans are equally rabid. I love to bike […]

Staying on the Road: Used Car Repair on the Cheap

August 12, 2020 By Barnaby

Last time, I detailed the expenses involved in Grey getting his 2009 Mazda 3 on the road. He was excited to have cleared all the regulatory hurdles, but there were storm clouds on the horizon: the paper-thin clutch we had identified during the test drive.  To his credit, Grey was being proactive about it, and asking all the […]

Getting a Used Car on the Road in Maryland: Safety Inspection, Tag and Title, Insurance, and Emissions

July 19, 2020 By Barnaby

I related in March the adventure of Grey buying a new used car. About how he spent $1,700 to purchase a 2009 Mazda 3, which proudly joined my Scion xD and Nora’s PT Cruiser on our street: Related: Read about how I destroyed the rear window in my Scion I promised a follow up post […]

Do ‘Black Lives Matter’ or ‘All Lives Matter’?

June 16, 2020 By Barnaby

I share the frustration and heartache of so many Americans who are marching and advocating for racial justice. But what to do about it? What does the bible say? In Acts 6, Luke records how Greek (Hellenist) widows were being unjustly overlooked in the distribution of food in Jerusalem, in favor of the majority Hebrew […]

Can a College Student Get a Summer Job during a Pandemic?

June 3, 2020 By Barnaby

Does your college student have a summer job?  Mine does, but it wasn’t easy. With 40M+ Americans out of work, the competition for summer work – or any work at all – hasn’t been this fierce since the Great Depression. So there is zero shame in not getting a summer job, or having one fall […]

Dollar Origami Bible Lesson for Distanced Grade School Students

May 13, 2020 By Barnaby

We all know about the coronavirus disruptions and accommodations that have been made for schoolkids and teachers. Many of us are impacted directly or we’ve certainly heard about it from others. But what about Sunday school? Does that take a hiatus or is there a way to adjust and move forward fruitfully? Nora and I […]

Balancing Grocery Bills, an Internet Upgrade & College Refunds During Virus Lockdown

April 16, 2020 By Barnaby

On Saturday, March 7, Pippa took a shuttle to the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, to catch a plane to Colorado to visit her grandmother for college spring break. The coronavirus was a thing then, but not a super duper thing.  Pippa had a two week break, and she planned the second week at home in […]

I Put $30,000 into the Stock Market Last Week

March 28, 2020 By Barnaby

I received a text from my niece last week: “I know you’re the finance guy…do you deal much with the stock market? Is now a time to invest?” My reply: “Heck yeah! Now’s a good time.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average had lost over 35% of its value in about a month.   Which made me […]

Road to Independence: My Teen Bought His First Car

March 13, 2020 By Barnaby

I told you before about how Grey was revving hard to get his own wheels. Well, he’s now the proud owner of a new used car. Here’s how it went down. Back to Craigslist After nearly being burnt on the Craigslist stove, Grey went right back to it, with hot mitts on this time. I […]

Was a Car Breakdown a Trial or a Blessing?

February 24, 2020 By Barnaby

Her phone’s google maps kept telling her to turn right, but Pippa ignored it. She knew Calvert Street was a major north-bound artery, and it was generally taking her in the right direction: home. Pippa was home for Christmas break after her first semester of college, and was on the way back from visiting an […]

From the Inner City to White Collar Success in Baltimore

February 5, 2020 By Barnaby

Late last year, we went to a reception at the National Electronics Museum for students in Northrop Grumman’s High School Involvement Partnership Program (HIP). Nora works as a counselor in a Baltimore school that participates in the program, and has been to this reception before. It was my first time. If you don’t know, Northrop […]

St. John Employees Count Their Bonus While I Shiver in My Office

January 16, 2020 By Barnaby

Did you see the story last month where Maryland commercial real estate company St. John Properties gave its employees a huge year-end bonus? It was all over the national news because of the size of the company (198 employees) and the size of the bonus ($10M total). A Laudable Move There’s a lot to like […]

About Me

About Barnaby King Welcome to the Personal Finance King blog, which explores issues of Money, Faith, Work, and Family. I am Barnaby King. More
Subscribe to Receive New Posts by Email:

Check your inbox or spam folder now to confirm your subscription.

RSS RSS Feed

  • My Amazon Diet for Christmas
  • 10 Myths (Busted!) on the 2020 Election, Christianity, and Personal Finance
  • We Ported Our Landline Phone to Google Voice, Saving $46 Per Month

Most Popular Posts

1. We’ve Sunk over a Quarter Million Dollars on School Tuition With College Still to Come
2. 6 Splurging Lessons from Our ‘Hamilton the Musical’ Experience
3. What Is the Role of Faith in Personal Finance?
4. 9 Life and Finance Lessons from “Alexander Hamilton” Biography by Ron Chernow
5. How My Brother Gained & Lost a Small Fortune in a Weekend
6. Why We Live in Baltimore Despite Its Problems
7. How a Prized Pocket Knife Was Imperiled on a Trip to See the Rockettes
8. Is 16 Too Old for a First Phone?

Categories

  • Earning Money
  • Faith & Finance
  • Kids & Finance
  • Love & Finance
  • Misc Finance
  • Politics & Finance
  • Saving Money
  • Travel & Finance
  • Uncategorized
  • Work & Finance

Archive

  • December 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016

Copyright © 2021 · Metro Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in