I heard a loud popping noise from the living room followed by my wife exclaiming, “Oh, great!†I knew the light bulb in our LCD TV had blown again. This TV has a history, and actually an admitted manufacturer’s defect, of the bulb burning out … [Read more...] about Six Things You NEED to Know When Buying A New TV
During the holiday season, we give thanks to family and friends, but we can also use this time (and really any other time) to think about what we would do if we were in financial trouble. We all have different life situations, and different levels … [Read more...] about What could you give up when you’re in financial trouble? – Part One
Redbox! Yep, we have canceled our Blockbuster Online subscription, but not because we were overly unhappy with it. Rather, we had other reasons. Basically, Redbox costs $1 per night to rent. If we only want to see 5 movies per month, it costs us $5. … [Read more...] about Cancelled Blockbuster Online in favor of….
Friend and reader Shawn forwarded this article to me. FoxNews.com published an article by Fr. Johnathan Morris on "How to Raise Your Children to be Model Adults". Now before you write off the article because it's by a priest, I'll put out there that … [Read more...] about Fighting society and the norm for your children
I was walking around Best Buy on Sunday with a friend and came to a realization. We were touring the Plasma TVs because he wants to get one for their bedroom. I don't begrudge him this expense as they have planned and budgeted for it. But I did think … [Read more...] about The cost of upgrading your viewing experience
Back in early March, I posted about how our free digital cable was worthless as we only got a few extra channels (mostly PBS). To refresh your memory, Comcast offered us 12 months of free digital cable just for being basic cable subscribers. We … [Read more...] about Ok, the free digital cable isn’t totally worthless
This is the second week in a row where one of our articles has "made it big" and we've gotten a surge in readership. Over 12,000 of you came to read my wife's Frugal Lunch article in one day, which made her very happy. And then this week, over … [Read more...] about Clever Dude’s Week in Review Mar 4-10, 2007
How many of you get those spam emails with "Your $1000 Home Depot Gift Card is waiting for you" or "Click here to pick up your free 42" Plasma TV"? I did, and I got 2 Sony Vaio laptops and a $1000 Visa gift card out of it. You see, not all of … [Read more...] about How I Get Laptops and Plasma TVs for Free
