Another week comes to a close. September felt like a blur to me. I hope it was slower for you. As usual, I am clearing out some odds and ends from the personal finance world.

1. In mergers and acquisitions news,  Four Pillars and Mr. Cheap have merged their blog into a super-blog. Unlike CN’s acquisition of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, no regulatory approval is required! Congratulations and keep on posting.
2. Rumors abound that Microsoft may take a stake in Facebook for $10 billion! When a stodgy tech company (which may be an oxymoron) may buy into a content provider, you know the future of technology is in storage and content provision and no longer hardware/software. Coupled with Google beginning to offer a competing product to the Microsoft office suites, what’s a traditional tech company like Dell to do? If you like investing in tech, make sure you are looking at content providers (such as The Thomson Corporation and Google) rather than the traditional “bricks and mortar” of this industry like hardware/software sales.
3. I have some upcoming posts on the emergency fund debate (is it needed or a financial myth?), credit proofing and more from our guest blogger on buying a new home. If anyone has any suggestions on blog topics, kindly provide a comment.

Have a great weekend.