PBS is currently airing a documentary entitled “The Mormons,” focusing on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. It’s incredibly informative and is doing a good job of reaffirming some ideas I had about the church, but completely erasing some others. I’ll be doing some serious blog searching today because I’d love to read commentary of members of the church on the documentary. Anyway, on with some personal finance posts.

10 Ways To Organize And Simplify Your Finances Really, it’s more “simplify” than “organize,” but it’s a nice list and an interesting read. (@ the digerati life)

Why I Say Buy A Big New House Don’t tempt me… please, don’t. (@ personal finance advice)

How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents? Well, as I’ve moved to digital storage, my current answer is “forever,” because I see no reason to delete them. (@ cash money life)

The Simple Dollar Retro: Nourishment on a Desperate Income This was the first post on The Simple Dollar that became really popular with readers. Basically, it’s an outline of some extreme ways I’ve used to eat when there was no money.