If you own a trumpet you may as well blow it, that’s what I say! So here is my effort at blowing my own trumpet.

You may recall about a month ago I got my first ever article published on FiLife.com. It must have gone down well with them as they invited me to do another piece, this time about my trip to the tennis. Please excuse my self-indulgent glee, but the fact is (and remains so for the time being) I’m not a writer and I find this all very exciting!

So without further ado here is the link to my second article:

Dollar Advantage: U.S. Open by Luke Sidewalker

As ever comments are welcome, good or bad.

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $20.32

Days since inception: 608
Cash balance: $20.13 (all time)
Cents per day: 3.3108(since inception)
Predicted day for $1,000,000: Monday March 28th 84,704 AD

8/31/2009
$1,000,000
= 1,050.75 oz of Gold @ $951.70 (as per Nymex close near month)
= 14,318.44 barrels of oil @ $69.50 (as per Nymex close Light Sweet Crude near month)
= 67,082.57 oz of Silver @ $14.907 (as per Nymex close near month)

Another incredible month at Castle Sidewalker and the totals are in. For the first time in the history of my quest the predicted end date is within 100,000 years of today! If I ever needed a sign that my quest was achievable I think I have it in that prediction date!

I have had some great finds this month with the Sidewalk Sofa incident, and my very successful trip overseas. I will give you more details of that trip in the posts of the coming days. The more observant of you will have noticed my total jumped from $18.30 to $20.13 without much documentation, I will fill you in on the missing details of that $1.83 shortly.

My target for the end of September is to have more than $23 in the Sidewalker Fund. A little ambitious, maybe, but my upcoming schedule requires I spend more time in Manhattan this month, so lets see how that pans out.

On Friday 4th September I will be heading to the US Open to do an article for FiLife.com. I hope to have that ready for publishing early next week, so keep an eye out for that.

Keep on looking down fellow Sidewalkers…

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $20.13

About a month ago I wrote an article for FiLife.com about the value of a penny. Much to my embarrassment it was rather well received and so the good people at FiLife have invited me to submit another article. This time I will go on the road to the US Tennis Open at Flushing Meadows New York to write about the general experience, ticket prices, costs at the concession stands etc.

So doing one article was fun, but now doing a second does that make me a journalist? Is there a Pulitzer Prize for random ramblings of a penny finding sidewalker? If so I must be an early front runner. Don’t worry I won’t get carried away, Mrs. Sidewalker will be on hand as soon as I show the first signs of bloaty-head syndrome…

Anyway, we are still away, but I have tentative plans to attend the US Open on September 4th on a fact finding mission. I’ll let you know if it happens and of course if my article gets published.

This is another auto post. I won’t know if it has worked until I return.

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $18.30

Just a quick post to let you know that the article I wrote for FiLife.com has just been published. I have declared today a public holiday at Castle Sidewalker (and as soon as I get home from work I’m going to enjoy it!). I’ve instructed Mrs. Sidewalker to man the phones in my absence as I anticipate an uptick in the volume of calls we receive, especially from agents and publishers; I’m sure a “book deal” must be in my immediate future…

So without further ado, here is the link:

The Penny is Dead, Long Live the Penny by Luke Sidewalker

I hope to post the Sidewalker Mailbag later today.

UPDATE: The Mailbag post has been postponed until Monday as I’m trying not to burn the Castle down with an impromptu BBQ right now.

Have a great weekend…

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $16.19

After yesterdays sobering post about the TARP program, I’m glad today I have a subject that is sure to lift the gloom that has been hanging over Castle Sidewalker the past 24 hours. If you remember, last week Jr. and I had an absolute debacle between us, as we left the most revered artifact in Sidewalker history, yes the Change Jar, in the bank never to be seen again. As a result of this loss I ended up taking Sidewalker Jr. to a thrift store today. I let him choose the replacement to nurture his sense of pride in ownership. That is my way of saying it’s not the jar I would have chosen! Anyway here is a photo of the new change jar, and just to show the positive effects of change, no sooner had we bought it than I found a quarter followed by a dime, taking a big chunk out of this months target.

In other news, I have been working on an article for FiLife.com. I must admit I was a bit shocked to be approached about writing an article for a proper website. It was a challenge as I didn’t feel I could just spew out the drivel that I produce here on a daily basis! Posting here is like having a chat and a drink in the local neighborhood bar with close friends. Writing the FiLife.com piece felt like I was giving a speech to an auditorium full of strangers, but lucky for me Mrs. Sidewalker was on hand to calm me down. Anyway it has been sent for editorial review, you can be sure I’ll let you know if the article gets published or not! I’ve never seen a drum I didn’t want to beat…

-Luke Sidewalker
-Current balance $15.96