If you've been checking your mailbox every day, looking for that fat stimulus check that may or may not have come around this time last year, check this out: an interesting article appeared in Kiplingers.com, outlining some of the major misconceptions regarding the Obama stimulus package. And, you mayb have already guessed the #1 misconception...that a paper check will be issued, as it was in 2008 with the Bush simulus plan. The article goes on to list other common misconceptions and provides useful links for further reading about stimulus-related personal finance issuues. Click this link to view and read the article.