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So it’s been a while and a lot has gone on since the last time I had posted. I bought my house and now it has been a whole year and thankfully nothing has gone wrong with the house yet. A roommate will be moving out later this month and more finances will be coming [...]

Now that I am all moved into the house, there were a million things to do in the house. The first priority in the house was to change the door locks. This may be a ridiculous task, but who knows how many people have keys to the house. I was just walking out of my [...]

After 2 summers and this winter of looking, I have finally purchased my first home. It took a little time find my home, but it is finally done. I put in a bid two days ago and the seller accepted it. I bid 19K below the asking price and got it. I am now in [...]

This argument has been argued the world over and the answer the best anyone can come up with is, it depends. This may be true, but most people pay for it because it is peace of mind. Look at what happened back in the day when CRT televisions were being sold at a premium and [...]

I came across this really nice website called ZunaFish that allows users to trade with other users. The trade terms being, DVD’s, CD’s, or Video Games. Heck, they even let you trade VHS tapes! The first thing that you notice is that the registration is free and it is based on a feedback system just [...]

Starting December 15th, bank of America will give the users of the checkcard, 5% back on all qualified gas purchases. For those of you that enjoyed that cash back from Citibank a while back, you can use this as a stopgap until the next card that offers 5% back. This isn’t much, but at least [...]

We have all been in the situation where you purchase an airline ticket and then find out that it becomes cheaper the next day or week. Now we don’t have to worry about that issue. Farecast.com is a great site to let you know the prices and trends of the trip you are trying to [...]

If you didn’t know how much boozin’ actually hurt your budget, you should probably check out this calculator. The site will calculate how much it will cost you for the year if you kept this regiment up. Of course, most people won’t do it up like this every weekend, but it’s an interesting number. Now [...]

Tonight will be my first night going to an Opera. Yup, that’s right, I’m going to a fricken Opera. We got some great seats at the Kennedy Center and how could we pass it up. Me and the woman will be dressed semi-to-the-9′s and see Gianni Schicci (spelling?). We’ll see how it goes and from [...]

A pirate walks into a bar. He has a ship’s steering wheel attached to his groin area. Bartender says “doesn’t that bother you?” Pirate says “Arrrrr, it’s drivin’ me nuts!” Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!