Weekend Reading: The Heat Wave Edition

Temperatures rise to the mid-thirties, the air is stuffy and muggy, and my body is drenched in sweat: It’s just another day in our recent heat wave! Although I do prefer the heat to the cold, I also prefer it when I’m able to sleep! We are located near the top floor of a large apartment complex, and there are windows on both sides of the unit. Usually we don’t need to use air conditioning since the natural ventilation of the wind cools us off enough. Recently, however, wind at 32 degrees is still too hot! I knew I should have held off on selling that air conditioner; I could have sold it for double! 😉

UPDATE: Looks like the heat goes to Spain! Paul the Octopus predicted it, and it happened:

Here are some interesting blogs for the week:

• Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance: The Catfight of the Personal Blogger Chicks; Results Edition & Life Lessons
• Beating the Index: Stock Market Gambling: The 1 and Only Bet
• Daily Capitalist: Consumer Credit Falls, Again
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts: Some of My Favorite Spam
• Let A Thousand Nations Bloom: Independence Day Round Up
• Mises Economics Blog: Ten Economic Blunders from History
• Naked Capitalism: Quelle Surprise! China Decides Not to Use Nuclear Option on Itself
• Personal Finance by the Book: Four Lessons From Some Wealthy Beggars
• Scott Berkun: Asshole driven development
• Singularity Hub: Amazing Video of Oscar, the Cat With Prosthetic Legs
• Singularity Hub: Sweet Little Lies – The Bitter Truth About Sugar
• The Amateur Financier: Book Review: The Tipping Point
• The Monetary Future: Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
• The Technium: Better Than Free
• Willow Garage: Beer Me, Robot
• youngandthrifty.ca: Taking the Plunge and Putting an End to Home Envy

And here are some interesting articles for the week:

• CounterPunch: Dean Baker: The Myth of Market Fundamentalism
• Financial Post: Lawrence Solomon: Catastrophism collapses
• Kitco: Roger Wiegand: Rabid Mass Austerity

My posts were featured at the following sites over the last week; I sometimes fail to receive ping backs, so please let me know if I forgot to mention you! Here they are:

• Andrew Hallam: Rising Stock Market or Falling Stock Market — Which Do You Prefer?
• Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance: The Catfight of the Personal Blogger Chicks; Results Edition & Life Lessons
• Beating The Index: Weekend Edition
• Blue Leaf: Weekly Link Round-Up For July 9, 2010
• Digging Out From Our Mess: Happy July 4th – Yakezie Round-Up, part 3
• Everyday Tips and Thoughts: Exciting Posts I Read and Enjoyed For the Week Ending 7/9/2010
• Money Smart Life: Financial Independence Principles
• My Journey to Millions: First Yakezie Milestone Carnival
• The Saved Quarter: The Best of The Yakezie Challenge
• Wealth Pilgrim: Is it possible to survive bankruptcy and foreclosure?

In parting, here’s a video I’d like to share. It’s the introduction to The Crash Course, by Chris Martenson.

See you next week!