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Link love (Powered by coffee cake and reconnections)

Here’s a question for ya: What numbers do you know by heart? Your phone number, obviously (well, unless you are also known by the title of eemusings’ fiance). Your age. Your total of serious relationships. But do you know your bank account number? Your credit card number? Your IRD (or social security) number? You driver’s licence number?

I have all of those, except the last, stowed away in my brain. They’re pretty handy to have on hand; I even used to know T’s bank details by heart, but haven’t had to bust that knowledge out for a while. I even used to know the number of my eftpos card, because it’s what’s used to verify you when you call up my bank on the phone, but I so rarely use phone banking and those cards are so flimsy that I’ve been through too many since high school to keep up. Heck, I used to call up the ASB line in my telemarketing days when I wanted to look busy but couldn’t deal with actually making a call. Yep, I was a model employee. And now I think back and realise they probably were monitoring our dialled numbers on a screen in the back office. Whoops.

MONEY

Bigger isn’t always better – Ninja lists a few instances when the opposite is true.

Newlyweds on a Budget blogs about facing up to her own debt.

Fabulously Broke shares the five stupid things she wastes money on.

WORK

Walk away if you want to love your job. Via MML.

Kevin walks us through acing an interview by making the most of your seemingly unrelated experience.

Rachel Hills on finding a mentor in the media industry.

Cheryl Yeoh compares the SF and NY areas and explains why she chose not to base her startup in Silicon Valley.

And a nice read on finding your path in publishing.

LIFE

YES. “There’s such a fine line between being happy with what you have and striving for continuous improvement.” Like me, Laura at Stratejoy has trouble toeing that line.

Stephany recounts a darker side of high school.

Couldn’t agree more. Donna Freedman reminds us why it pays to check your spam.

When is it appropriate to lie to kids? At Perfectly Cursed Life.

If you have any experience with PCOS, you should talk to Caroline, who just got diagnosed.

FOOD

It’s no secret that salads aren’t top of my list, but this Mediterranean version from Lisa is tempting my tastebuds.

Zucchini lasagne, courtesy of Not Eating Out in NY, sounds intriguing.

And finally, Cate shares a scrummy looking recipe for tomato parmesan risotto.

6 thoughts on “Link love (Powered by coffee cake and reconnections)

  • Reply Lesley June 18, 2011 at 19:03

    I know my 14 digit library card number by heart, however, I still have yet to memorize my social insurance number.

  • Reply Manda June 19, 2011 at 16:58

    Numbers I know by heart: phone (home and cell), cell phone numbers of my immediate family, student ID, Social Security, passport, my credit card verification number (but not my actual credit card number, hmm).

    I also have phone numbers from previous addresses still memorized – how useless is that?!

  • Reply Amanda June 19, 2011 at 18:49

    Hahahaa I can’t believe you used to call up the ASB banking line at work! I think its interesting that these days, most people don’t know the landline numbers for most of their friends, or don’t know peoples numbers off my heart – because everything is so mobile phone-oriented these days. I remember when I used to rattle off a list of phone numbers with ease, and now I really have to struggle, even with my own home number at times (because I never call it, and it’s one digit away from a friend’s house, I would always call her house instead!). How embarrassing is that.

  • Reply Clare - Never Niche June 20, 2011 at 12:59

    You always have the best links to share. Thanks!

  • Reply Lisa Fine June 21, 2011 at 02:00

    I have a really hard time remembering numbers, which makes it kind of a pain, since I always seem to have to locate my wallet when I need to get things done.

    Thanks again for sharing the link – hope you try the salad. It’s pretty good, as far as salads go.

    Have a great week!

  • Reply FB @ FabulouslyBroke.com June 24, 2011 at 02:06

    Thank you thank you for featuring my stupidity.

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