While sitting along the levy last Saturday watching the yunguns shoot off fireworks I struck up a conversation with the father of another family doing the same thing. Naturally the topic of work came up and when I mentioned that…
Every year I order copies of my credit reports from Equifax, Experion and TransUnion. I just received my latest report and discovered some random towing bill from about five years ago has suddenly appeared. The weird thing (and why I’m…
I’ve frequently ranted (although apparently not on this blog) about the fact that the government grants monopolies to cable companies in various cities. In Gilroy, of course, we have Comcast. The problem isn’t necessarily with Comcast, per se, butwith the…
It’s that time of year again. If you haven’t started doing so yet it won’t be long before you start dragging out boxes of receipts and paperwork to begin preparing your taxes. Assuming that, like most people, your (so called)…
Having worn glasses for more than 30 years now (since second grade) I’ve been keeping an eye on LASIK technology for a while now (pun intended, BTW). It’s amazing how much progress this vision correction surgery has made…
Zaira recently bought herself a new laptop. Well, technically, I loaned Zaira some money so that she could buy a laptop. The deal included that the computer would remain in my possession until she had fully paid…
I’ve had this in my “to write about” pile for some time now, but when I learned that Eco Joes was hosting the Festival of Frugality I knew I needed to get it written.
I…
