18 years ago • Comments
When we shop for groceries and see a good deal, we try to load up. However, since Stacie I and have differing tastes, and therefore don't eat common meals, it takes quite some time to go through our stash of dry and frozen foods. For example, we'll … [Read more...] about Secret Value of House Guests: Cleaning Out the Pantry
18 years ago • Comments
You all know me here at Clever Dude as one who is willing to admit defeat and admit when he's wrong. Maybe it's my way of copping out, but I'm not too proud to admit that someone else is smarter than I am, or that I just did something stupid. It may … [Read more...] about Don’t let pride ruin your life
18 years ago • Comments
I've been doing my banking with Bank of America for the last 5 years, and I'm very pleased with their online billpay features. I do find their interface a bit cluttered, and they bury information such as APR/APY, where other sites have it up front … [Read more...] about Opened a Bank of America Money Market Savings Account
18 years ago • Comments
When I graduated college with my business/IT degree and got my first corporate job, I saw many of my coworkers going off to college again to get their technical masters or MBA. I wondered whether I should do the same. Six years later, I'm finally … [Read more...] about Deciding when to get a masters degree
18 years ago • Comments
This will probably be the only post today (and none this weekend). My gram from PA is coming down to stay for a week, mainly to get out of the house. As you may know, I grew up in my gram's house, along with my parents and sister. My parents and … [Read more...] about Grandma is coming to town
18 years ago • Comments
I'd like to announce that we'll have a random guest blogger here at Clever Dude. I was thinking of calling him Clumsy Dude or Accident Prone Dude (he wanted Cleverer Dude), but we'll just stick with Shawn for now. Shawn has been my bestest friend … [Read more...] about Announcing Random Guest Blogger: Shawn
18 years ago • Comments
Hey, I actually participated in 3 carnivals/festivals this week! That's after a no-show for all of last week. The third one after the Carnival of Personal Finance and Carnival of Debt Reduction is the Festival of Frugality, hosted by No Credit … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Articles from the Festival of Frugality #92
18 years ago • Comments
It took almost 9 weeks, but I finally earned the 25,000 extra points from the American Express Business Gold Rewards Card. This can convert into $250 worth of gift cards, a plane ticket, or a $125 statement credit: … [Read more...] about I earned 25,000 bonus points from AmEx
