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I first mentioned that I am working on an eBook quite a long time ago.  I was not lying.  The big day is here.  And for a limited time, I am giving my readers the chance to get the book for 50% off!

Visit the Personal Finance Arsenal to get your copy through a secure online connection.

This resource gives you a step by step approach to build a “fire and forget” automated personal finance system.  If you have ever struggled to keep your finances under control, or if you are looking for ways to make it easier, this is the book for you.

No more fees.  No more overdrafts.  No more headache.

The Personal Finance Arsenal is packed with 42 pages of personal finance expertise from Eric.  He was worked in banking, corporate finance, and has two finance degrees.  His goal, as you know if you are familiar with Narrow Bridge, is to make life easy on you.

Visit the site for a sample section of the book and a link to buy.  If you trust me and want to buy it straight from this page, just click on the purchase button below.

Money back guarantee. If you do not find the tips in this book useful, send me an e-mail within seven days for a 100% refund.

Free From Broke, a wonderful personal finance blog, is hosting my guest post: Financial Krav Maga: Personal Finance Self Defense for the Modern Era.  The post goes through the main principles of Krav Maga with a finance touch, for example:

Counter attacking as soon as possible (or attacking preemptively).

The second you have a financial meltdown, react.  If you see something coming, get ready.  I am so tired of hearing people complain about their credit card debt, bad financial situation, or the situation that brought them toward bankruptcy.  If you end up in a bad situation, the worst thing you can do is nothing.  Stop complaining and work to bring your situation back in line with your goals.

If you want to read the rest, head over to Free From Broke and check out Financial Krav Maga: Personal Finance Self Defense for the Modern Era.

Everyone needs a little good Karma here and there.  Here are some good links for some good blogs posts from Yakezie and otherwise.

Invest it Wisely is debating if a condo or house is a better first home.

Digging out from our Mess is trying to figure out how to talk to parents about their finances.

Single Guy Money wonders what he would do if he won the lottery.

Stay at Home Mom CFO reminds us that we can get free money if we bought a lawn mower in the last decade or so.

The PF Ninja is ready to help you give up being cheap and start being frugal.

Elle at Couple Money helps track loans to friends using Excel.

Blogging buddy Well Heeled (who has an awesome blog that you should read) discusses when it is time to go to grad school.

Yakezie leader Financial Samurai discusses the merits of East Coast living.

Also, please visit Beating Broke, host of two recent Yakezie carnivals.

I would also like to share a website that reached out to me.  Praxis Templatesis a new website that has free Microsoft Excel templates, which can also be imported into free programs Google Docs and Open Office, that help you manage your finances.  I am still a fan of web based options, but these are well designed, free templates for those afraid of the Internets.

Thanks to Tom at Canadian Finance for including Narrow Bridge in this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.  My post about the new student loan law is featured.

A big thanks to Madison at My Dollar Plan for featuring my article on What I Learned at the Berkshrie Hathaway Meeting as an editor’s pick article this week.  Be sure to check it out at the Market Crash Edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance.

I was just browsing my friends in the Yakezei Challenge, and I wanted to share some great recent posts from some great blogs.  I am proud to be a part of the Yakezei group, and I wish the best to every one of the wonderful members.

More Style Than Cash gives us seven signs that can tell if someone is frugal or greedy, a fine line that many of us walk.

The Car Negotiation Coach looks at payments impacting the deal you get when buying a car.  Should you pay with cash, credit, or financing?

The Saved Quarter educates us about food stamps and how the program works, along with some misconceptions about the program.

The Dividend Monk gives us an analysis of Cincinnati Financial Corporation.

Smarter Spend gives an economic analysis on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and Arizona immigration law changes.

Thanks to everyone who included Narrow Bridge in carnivals this week.  Be sure to check them out.  Thanks to the authors of these great blogs for including my posts.

Carnival of Personal Finance at Studeconomics, the Inspiring Quotes Edition.

Yakezie Carnival: Money From Around the World Edition hosted by Austin at Foreigner’s Finance.

And, last week, Narrow Bridge was in the Friday Finds at Out of Debt Again.

I wrote a post a few weeks back that was just posted at Well Heeled.  It is a little outside the realm of what I usually write at Narrow Bridge, but it is a fun read about “Men, Guys, and Money.”

“A woman will see a river and marvel at its beauty.  A man will see a river and try to build a dam in it.  A guy will see a dam in a river and climb on top will all of his friends to see who can pee off the farthest.”

Read the rest, and why that belongs in a post at a personal finance blog, at Well Heeled with a Mission.

Over the last eighteen months, you have read about my education many times.  I have discussed student debt.  I have discussed working while going to school at the same time.  Well, my tone is about to change a bit.  About 2o minutes ago, I finished my MBA program!

I decided to join the “wolf pack” of the Yakezie Challenge.  I was inspired while avoiding studying for finals.  Well Heeled wrote a fun post on the challenge (see “wolf pack” link above.

The Yakezei Challenge is a group personal finance blogging effort started by the Finance Samurai to help personal finance bloggers join together in search of higher Alexa rankings.

For my first Yakezie post by giving away random links to other members with Alexa ranks lower than mine.

First on the list is Anastasia, who has a beautifully built blog on a platform notorious for ugly blogs that look the same.

The Stay at Home Mom CFO brings an opposite world view to my finance posts.  I am a guy living alone in an apartment worried about myself.  She has triplets!

The Girl with the Red Balloon just has a cool name for a blog.

Beating Broke is trying to, well, beat being broke.  The site says that the borrower is slave to the lender.  There is some truth to that wisdom.

The Rat is trying to end the rat race.  It looks like the site has some great investing advice too.

I would keep linking all night, but I have yet again used blogging to avoid what I really should be doing right now: school work.  On the bright side, I GRADUATE ON WEDNESDAY!  If I can make it through my international finance final, I think everything will be okay.  I will let you all know when you can call me Eric, MBA.