Follow Finance Friday: Early Bird Edition

My apologies for missing last weeks Follow Finance Friday, it was my birthday and I was being extremely selfish. Only for 1 day do I allow myself to do so! Today's post is coming to from the crack of dawn as I was required to be up for work at 4:55 AM! We had to elevate some new code modules and processes to our real-time production environment, so we are required to do so at odd hours since we know few people will be making financial transactions through our web systems.

It feels good to get in early, kind of eerie as well since there is nobody in the office at this hour. The lights automatically come on at 6:00 AM so if you are here before that, you are sitting in the dark! The positive part about coming in early is that I will hopefully be able to leave early as well. Once I get done lunch today, I am walking out the front door and starting my weekend with a nice tranquil nap. Anyways, its another edition of Follow Finance Friday and if you are on Twitter (like the rest of the world), it is #followfriday where everyone gives recommendations for new people to check out!

Have a great weekend. Stay safe. Be frugal. Now on to the links:

Follow Finance Friday

• Mr. Tough Money Love puts the future in perspective by asking the question Do You Have A Retirement Date Target?

• I caught up with Flexo's Investment Portfolio Overview for May 2009, where he shares his detailed investments with the world. I definitely have to give this a try at the end of the month!

• Last week, the Broke Grad Student gave us The Average Student Loan Debt By State and somehow, Iowa had the highest average per student! Fooled me!

• At Get Rich Slowly, J.D. gave his take on Kiplinger Magazine's 20 Guiding Principles for Investment Success

• Kyle Lacey, a writer for the Brazen Careerist, caught my eye with the post Authenticity is Life. The Rest is Just Details. Read it a few times and evaluate your own writing strategy.

• With Father's Day coming up this weekend, Squawkfox gives us 6 Father's Day Gift Ideas!

• MyLifeROI looks into the future with his post on 5 Tips to Prepare for Next Year's Tax Season! My plan is to just make more money! Bang! It's that easy!

• Finally, J. Money's brother gives us another post at Budgets Are Sexy after great success the first time. His recent post is simple, Doing What You Love Pays Dividends

In the words of the great Porky the Pig, "That's All Folks". Tune in next Friday for another edition of Follow Finance Friday, and drop in a few hundred times between then as well!