18 years ago • Comments
Today was the day that I both dread and look forward to each year: the day I close the pool. It's not a set date on the calendar; rather, it's whenever I get a free day (or two) and the weather cooperates. How do you close a pool? Closing the pool … [Read more...] about Closing Your Pool: Isn’t it fun?
18 years ago • Comments
I thought it was just me, but I guess Flexo over at Consumerism Commentary also got pinged by a slimy spammer for an email list as well as demographic info (I guess all I could come up with would be IP addresses). Well, I'm here to tell you that I … [Read more...] about I don’t sell (or give away) email addresses
18 years ago • Comments
Hot on the heels of writing "Trying and Buying Musical Instruments the Wrong Way", I'd like to announce that one of the last major stupid purchases from college is officially gone: my 5-string Washburn XB-925 Bass Guitar, which I bought for about … [Read more...] about Sold my old Washburn Bass Guitar
18 years ago • Comments
guess who are the ones gladly accepting them when I offer? Yep, my coworkers. When I saw a $2 off coupon for Cosi a couple months ago in the Washington Post Express newspaper, I grabbed a couple of the papers at the end of the day (when they were … [Read more...] about Coworkers make fun of my coupons, but…
18 years ago • Comments
I've been holding these bookmarks for a while, and I've accumulated enough to make it worthwhile to write a post. There have been a number of sites recently that have either ranked or highlighted CleverDude.com with other Personal Finance sites. … [Read more...] about Highlighting the Highlighters: Clever Dude gets ranked!
18 years ago • Comments
It's only a few days into October, but I still think I'm allowed to highlight what I think were my best posts from last month. This is the second installment of the "Best Posts" and you can see August's Best Posts here. August was a record month … [Read more...] about Best Posts from September, 2007
18 years ago • Comments
A month ago, I told you we canceled Blockbuster in favor of trying out Redbox. We didn't rent anything right away because, well, we were tired of movies. But about 2 weeks ago, we decided to rent a movie. Here's how it went: We walked up to the … [Read more...] about Redbox Test One: Success!
18 years ago • Comments
David at My Two Dollars has hosted the 94th Festival of Frugality this week, where my article "Secret Value of House Guests: Cleaning Out the Pantry" was featured in the At The House section. There were so many good articles (seriously), but I'll … [Read more...] about Best Frugality Posts from the Festival of Frugality #94
