Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Friday Unwinds are back! This edition is themed around unscripted TV funnies. Relax and enjoy the weekend!
TechTV "One of a Kind" Accident
This is a great clip from TechTV. One of my all-time favorites too.
Streaker
Reporter Falls
It's not the fall, it's the sounds she makes afterwards...
Fox reporter gets hit on
These concert goers ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Roughly 45 weeks ago I decided I would contribute $30 a week to an "emergency" fund. At a measly $30/week it's grown to $1350+ today. I barely noticed the $30 automatically deducted from my checking account every week too. The trick is not occupy yourself with checking how much is ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
I recently stumbled across the website DealExtreme. It's a company that sells Chinese merchandise out of Hong Kong. The really killer part is they offer free shipping on practically everything they sell.
How do they sell you a screwdriver for $0.95 shipped from Hong Kong and still make a profit? I ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
This is a follow-up to my other post of how I live frugally. These are some ways which I don't live frugally.
Lunch. I'm always extremely lazy to bring my own lunch to work so I'm always buying lunch, which gets expensive over time. Add to the fact that I don't ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
I've decided to detail my frugal ways after reading similar posts by Cap, Mapgirl and Jonathan.
Clothing. I can look sharp without the designer jeans. I wear what's sensible and I generally only buy clothes when I really need them.
I don't have to "have it first". This applies to the latest ...
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Woot is a ecommerce site that has 1 deal a day. They've also branched out Woot! Wine and I didn't realize there were some many similar sites that sprung up recently.
Here's a few of the deal sites I found in alphabetical order:
1 Sale a Day
Fruper
MidnightBox
Schnoop
ThingFling
Yugster
With all these one deal ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Just working... a lot.
My hours were cut as I guess management doesn't like the 20 hours overtime I was getting paid so there will more posts coming.
I don't get paid much ($10.25/hour), but I like what I do and where I work. When parents give me handshakes and the kids ...
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