Welcome to the longest day of the year… OK so it was actually the 21st, but close enough… I hope are enjoying the sunshine in your neck of the woods. Our thoughts and prayers are with flood victims in the Midwest.

Here are some of our favorites posts from around the blogosphere…  I will be covering the usual suspects but also over the coming weeks try to introduce you to a few new blogs that are from a variety of various topics…  Hopefully you find this interesting and helpful…

Personal Finance

Lazy Man and Money asks Should You Have an Emergency Charity Fund? 

Rich Credit Debt Loan offers 3 Reasons Why Paying With Cash Hurts You in the Long Term

Blogging Away Debt does algebra in Double Payment + Cancelled Health Insurance + Missing Income = Thank Goodness for Emergency Fund

brip blap examines how America grew rich, fat and unhappy

Cash Money Life says Think Twice Before Canceling Credit Cards

Generantion X Finance has a cage match in ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: Which One is Right for You?

The Digerati Life asks rhetorically When Should You Buy Into The Stock Market? Like Yesterday.

Handy Man Fix Home Repair straddles the line between personal finance and DIY home repair in How to Make Old Appliances Look New

Health and Fitness

Weight Loss Journal explores how to Ramp Up Your Metabolism Naturally

Get Fit Slowly says It’s Hard To Be Healthy With Kids

Journal for Healthy Living has an Idea: Going Vegetarian For One Week

Lazy man and Health tries to Lose Weight with Sports

Fat Man Unleashed attempts to convince us that Golf Can Be A Dangerous Sport

While No Calories Needed is Combining Walking And Practicing Golf

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RateLadder is a Prosper lender and has been since July, 2006.  He has a passion for p2p lending.  He owns RateLadder — My Prosper.com Journey and other P2P Lending Adventures, P2P No Bank the P2P Blog Aggregate, and ProProsper — Professional Tools for Prosper Lenders featuring SQL access to Prosper data.