I got a beautiful, quaint cedar birdfeeder for Christmas this weekend, pre-stocked with bird seed. I’m going to put it in storage and hang it at our new home when we move next year. Anyway, here are some nifty personal finance posts…

Occasionally Good Ebay Sellers Go Bad Once, I bought a virtual item from an eBayer with a huge reputation. This person took the money and ran. It turned out that this person was running several hundred virtual item auctions at once and made a lot of money by trashing their own reputation. (@ mighty bargain hunter)

The Best Investment Advice You’ll Never Get I love it when, unexpectedly, a non finance magazine will run a great financial article. (@ the big picture)