I finally finished my World Beer Tour at Old Chicago today. I also finished the Summer Mini-tour so I got the special Summer T-Shirt in addition to my Sweatshirt and getting my name on the Hall of Foam.

I’m sure I’ll go back, but not for a while. I’m burnt out on their food and just want to eat at different places when we go to Evansville or Clarksville for a while. Old Chicago has great food and great beer, the biggest thing I will miss is the great music they play, however variety is the spice of life and one can only take so much pizza and beer before wanting something different.

There is a Woot-off going on. Currently the woot-off tracker is holding up better than last month. I made some changes to the way the script works on the back-end so Dreamhost should be happier with the script this month.

While I do not think this was the optimal first step it is going to be one that really helps free up some money and improve our financial situation.

We have decided to postpone the wedding until next year. This allows us time to save some more money and ease the financial stress on ourselves. This will also mean about $1,800 I get back from deposits and payments on the honeymoon Disney Cruise. This is money I can then turn around and pay on other consumer debt to help get on track. I would also highly recommend Dreams Unlimited Travel if you are looking to book a Disney Cruise or other Disney vacation as they have been extremely easy to work with. We will defiantly turn to their services first when we rebook our honeymoon.

This has to be one of the coolest videos I’ve seen in a while.

One tip most people do not think of when attempting to reduce their debt is additional income. I have a few websites I attempt to run, including this blog, but the one I think holds the most promise is my video game hints and tips wiki.

I have been self-promoting it over the past few months on Shacknews’ latest chatty thread and a few times at somethingawful’s forums to see a small success. The number of page views are up as I keep chugging away at adding new content, but the community aspect is not there. A few kind souls have contributed to varying degrees over the last year and I appreciate every one of them.

As I chronicle my progress on debt reduction I will also share information and ideas to help start a web-based community site that might just put some extra cash in your pocket.

I am getting married in October. Since we already live together, we have been discussing finances, budgets, and debt. According to some, my debt is nothing for me to worry about. However, I feel that almost $50,000 in debt is a bit too much. While only about $10,000 of that is consumer debt (credit cards, same-as-cash appliance financing, etc), I think it’s high time to get on top of this and eliminate it now.

Since one of the steps to getting anything done is to write it down; I’m going a step further here and writing it down on my blog. I plan on posting updates on my progress towards ridding myself of this debt as well as tips and tricks from the debt reduction websites I read daily.

I hope my experience here can help someone else to focus their efforts into ridding themselves of the debt monster.

You know those Sam Adams specially designed beer glasses that I posted about a while back? Well since I’m a BeerAdvocate subscriber, Jim Koch sent me a set of two today to use and enjoy. I assume all other BeerAdvocate members got these as well, but I want to beleive Mr. Koch personally selected me.

Anyway, I am glad I didn’t order any, because I got them for free now! I’ll post about how they work (if at all) later.

WOOOO!