A big thank-you to Broke Grad Student for hosting this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction.  It has a Super Bowl XLII theme.  This was put together over the weekend because I had forgotten to send the posting information until this weekend.  Thanks for bailing me out BGS!

The Editor’s Picks (most valuable posts?) are:

• Silicon Valley Blogger shows you some debt defying strategies
• SingleGuyMoney is asking for advice as he pays off his car loan
• Squawkfox asks if having zero debt is weird
• Free Money Finance saith: Thou Shalt Limit the Amount of Debt on Credit Cards
• Luke Livingston explains that setting financial goals goes further than creating a budget

So regardless of whether you’re celebrating or licking your wounds from last night’s game — or not caring at all about it! — check out this week’s carnival!  DebtFREE-Revolution hosts next week!

• Prime Time Money has posted Carnival #140 Prime Time Money posted a circus day Carnival of Debt Reduction for this week! He had quite a few Editor's Picks: Free From Broke doesn't think credit card debt should weigh you down. My Two Dollars serves up ten quick and easy ways to reduce your debt. The Happy Rock......
• Pecuniarities has posted a Dickens of a Carnival Thanks to Pecuniarities for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction with a Charles Dickens debtor's prison theme! Three articles made the cut this week for Editor's Pick: I Pick Up Pennies wonders if we're too optimistic Passive Family Income discusses gardening and the recession in America Five Cent Nickel......

• Why I Hate The Advertising During The Super Bowl I know I am going to get a lot of flack for this, but I do not really like the Super Bowl. It's not that I don't like football; I think it is an OK game to watch, but I prefer watching my Red Sox to any other sport. But......
• Plaxico's Troubles Continue In a move that probably shouldn't surprise anyone, the New York Giants have placed Plaxico Burress on the reserve/non-football injury list. Translation: Season Over The hero of last year's upset win over the Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, Burress is now riding the downslope of his rocket ride to stardom.......