Every now and then I take a quick glance through the comments that people (or bots) try to post that caught by the spam blocker. Sometimes legit comments get caught in there, but most of the time it’s either a bunch of different “commenters” saying the same random comment, and all linking to different commercial websites, or it is comments that appear to be written by a non-English speaker using a really bad translator. Pretty much every key word, rather than the “correct” word, is some synonym that does not work at all in the same context.

I read one of my favorite spam comments so far today:

"Do you have the obesity challenge? Are you excessively fatty and spacious? My goodness! If you have such healthcare associated issue, you will need to look for for the guidance which will manual you to shrug off the obesity."

Well? Are you!? Fatty and spacious? Because I know this great service that can manual you to shrug that off!

Meanwhile, how about a roundup?

First Gen American reminds us that our lives are happening now, not at some point in the future when some goal or another is accomplished. And KrantCents asks a related question (in that both posts reminded me that time is a’ticking!): When did I get old? 

Thousandaire’s Yakezie membership post outlines his plans for making personal finance videos that will reach young people.

No Debt MBA discusses the full costs of attending a wedding - something I am looking forward to paying for in August!

Young and Thrifty mentioned a post this week that she thought did not get enough attention when it was posted, and I agree. Why isn’t Generation Y saving any money?

Buck Inspire proposes that eating out is cheaper than cooking. I disagree, but that’s assuming you are comparing frugal meals out to frugal meals in. Buck makes a good case that a dinner out can be cheaper than a fancy dinner in.

Krupo writes about Bixi, a bike rental service that sounds a bit like Zipcar for bikes, and how he made his team bike to a client the other day. Talk about saving the client some money and saving the environment!

Money Mamba comes out with some fightin’ words about Dave Ramsey and his new book - which deals with running a successful company, rather than a successful household budget.

101 Centavos has a spot-on post about acquiring cheap/free high quality education through your workplace.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far!