Clever Dude founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.
In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.
I've been taking my Honda Ridgeline to a Honda dealer in Rockville for service for the last 18 months of ownership, and I just need to rant about one thing: the mechanics. Let me say this up front, though, that the guy's checking in the vehicles are … [Read more...] about Rant: The Dealer’s Mechanics are Messing with My Truck
What an odd title, right? Some of you know I'm not a beer drinker, and you may also know that my favorite alcohol is Kahlua. It's unintentional that I'm the "Clever Dude", and I also love the movie The Big Lebowski where the main character is "The … [Read more...] about A Tale of some Liquor and a Rebate
I wanted to highlight a few great articles Stacie wrote over at Building Nutrition with regards to gift ideas for your children, nieces, nephews, random street hooligans and so forth: Gifts related to Physical Activity Gifts related to … [Read more...] about Health and Fitness Gift Ideas for Kids
As I write this, it's Sunday night and I just watched an unmentionable football game come to a disappointing close. If you know where I'm from or have read it in my past posts, you'll know which team I was cheering for. Well, it wasn't meant to be, … [Read more...] about Making some year-end charitable donations
If you're wondering where I've been the last few days, I decided to take a break. This week, I have 2 evening classes (Tues, Wed), 2 evening "holiday" parties (Thurs, Fri) and a "Christmas Tea" tomorrow afternoon. I'm also considering volunteering … [Read more...] about Whew! Just beat Super Mario Galaxy
Some of you may have noticed that the red bar for the MINI Cooper in our debt scale on the right sidebar is gone. That means that both the bank loan and the 0% credit card loan are all paid off! That also means that we paid off over $19,000 in just … [Read more...] about The MINI Cooper is totally ours. Next up…
I'm almost finished with my first semester of my graduate degree, and I couldn't be happier. I'm taking two 3-credit courses, and the classwork (including time in class and travel to classes) has added an average 12-15 hours to my work-week. It's … [Read more...] about Fall 2007 Semester Almost Over!
What would an end of month be without an end of month highlights article? Last month, I highlighted a few of my best posts from October, when I wrote 43 articles. I seem to be writing less articles each month because in November, I only wrote 37. … [Read more...] about Best Posts from November, 2007
