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Best Frugality Articles from Festival of Frugality #88

August 21, 2007
By Michael Townsend
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This week, The Happy Rock hosted the 88th Festival of Frugality. The festival is a collection of articles about, guess what, frugality! Here are my favorites:

  • Queercents asks whether non-holiday gifts are better appreciated. You can figure out my feelings on gift-giving by my comment on the article. Basically, I think gifts are stupid if the receiver EXPECTS them to be given. C’mon, let it be a surprise already!
  • Raising 4 Boys provides a useful link to county fairs across the nation. As you know, we had a great time at the fair ourselves: Monster trucks and deep-fried twinkies!
  • Money, Matter & More Musings tells of 12 things he’ll never buy. I understand the color inkjet, but what are the other alternatives? We still need a black & white printer!

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About Michael Townsend

Michael Townsend founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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