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Here in the US tax season is finally over. For most people. Me, I filed an extension. I just couldn’t seem to get it all together in time.

Money, Debt and Taxes is a site about money. Mostly about taxes, but the blog also has posts on how to get out of debt, and a few on how to make more money. The blog features just one post per page. The feature post today is all about What To Do When You Can’t Pay Your Taxes. Fortunately I can pay my taxes, but the information was still interesting.

There is also an interesting series of posts on how to pay off your credit card debt. I think a lot of people could use that kind of advice!

The blog could use a better title, and a few pictures wouldn’t hurt. But it is a good resource for information about money.

The economy is in the dumpster, unemployment is sky high, and everyone is trying to save money…even if they don’t need to. If you are looking for tips on how to save money you can find thousands of blogs that will give the same old dry advice. You know, take your lunch to work, don’t eat out, quit having fun, or you could read The Single Frugalton and find out how to get free magazines and free reminder services and other good stuff. I particularly enjoyed the post on How to Edit Your Photos for Free without using Photoshop.

Our blogger Laura makes good use of Pages on her blog. She even gave me a few ideas I might try out on this post. She has a  well-written About Page. (Where I found out her name is Laura so she doesn’t have to be “the blogger”.) She also has a page which lists her most popular posts, a contact page, and if you still need more financial advice, a page listing Other Financial Sites. I think the popular posts page  is a great idea and probably helps keep people reading your blog longer.

The blog is not totally about saving money. As Laura says on her About page, it is more about being single and trying to live below your means. Most of the posts are pretty entertaining, and she does a good job of tongue in cheek writing in posts such as “How Not To Check Your Smoke Detector” and “How Not To Pay the Librarian’s Salary.”

I like Laura’s style of writing. It is easy and comfortable, and you can laugh along with her when she burns the pots on the stove. However, I don’t like the look of the blog.

First of all, I am not very fond of pink. So in my mind, that pink background has got to go! Secondly, even though red is my favorite color, I don’t like to read red text. In fact, the only color of text I like to read is black. (I guess you could say that is because I am an accountant and I don’t like red ink! Hah! I thought that was funny. I am sorry if you didn’t think it was funny, you would if you knew me better!)

Overall it is a pretty good blog and you could spend some time there and maybe even learn a few things.

You know, I never know how to end these reviews. Telling you to go over and check out her blog doesn’t work, because I want you to stay here and read more of mine. Summarizing my post doesn’t make sense, because if you can’t remember what happened 3 paragraphs ago I am afraid there is no help for you. So how about you finish up for me. Leave me a comment and tell me how you would end this post, or feel free to share your best frugal tips?

Sometimes I get tired of Forex Blogs. To me they mostly seem to be a bunch of charts and giberish. I don’t know the lingo so all I can tell from the blogs is that something is trading up or down and somebody hopes to make money off of it.

I don’t know much about Forex, but here is what I do know. Forex, is a term used for Foreign Currency Exchange. People make (and lose) money by trading currencies. It is not as regulated as the stock market, you can trade 24 hours a day, and lots of people are willing to help you… for a small fee.

At first look Million in Forex is just like the other Forex blogs I have seen. There are charts, and talk of Pips. (I have no idea what a Pip is) but there are also posts that make sense to me. There is a post on “Can you make a living Forex trading”, another on Forex scams. And if you dig deep enough, you will find posts on the basics of Forex trading.

For someone interested in Forex, this blog would be a pretty good read. You have the charts and pips and things that seem to be important to Forex, but you also have the basic background information that will help you be a better trader. Best of all, I don’t see any of the hype that often comes along with Forex blogs. There are no offers to sell you the next best trading system that will guarantee riches with Forex. Thank Goodness.

The blogger has some good information for beginning Forex traders buried deep in his blog. I suggest that he create a link category called, “beginners start here” or something of that sort, and link to his posts that explain the basics of Forex. I would get rid of the calendar in the sidebar, because in my opinion it is a waste of space. Also, change the widget that is showing your current blog posts, to a widget showing posts from your other blogs.