Posted in consumer on November 4th, 2009 Comments Off
If you are like me then there have been times you’ve needed to open a bottle of wine but alas no one remembered to bring a bottle opener. Well never fear, here is the solution to your problem, all you need is a shoe and a wall. How to open a bottle of wine?
Posted in consumer on September 4th, 2008 1 Comment »
This is especially for my readers that live in Florida. I’d strongly recommend you look into purchasing flood insurance. Remember it’s not included with your standard home insurance! If you live in a low to moderate risk area then the cost is going to be extremely low and the benefits would be absolutely huge if [...]
Posted in consumer on August 5th, 2008 Comments Off
Believe it or not your tires have an expiration date. According to this report by ABC’s 20/20 tires that are over 6 years old can be very dangerous to drive even if they’ve never been used. Many deaths on the road are thought to be a result of these expired tires. There is a code [...]
Posted in consumer on August 4th, 2008 Comments Off
Here’s a quick and easy official Florida DMV service to sign up for that will ensure law enforcement can quickly notify your loved ones quickly if necessary. For example if you were in an accident and they needed to reach your spouse. Link to update contact info Link to a quick blub from Orlando Sentinel
Posted in consumer, health & fitness on July 26th, 2008 Comments Off
So a few weeks back I put a hitch on my Toyota Highlander because we decided to get a bike rack again, but this time a real one– not one of those flimsy racks that strap on the car and slide everywhere. So I followed the hitch a purchase of the Swagman XC Cross-Country 2-Bike [...]
I know it’s a bit random, but my uncle sent this to me and I think it’s valuable info/reminder for everyone. Now that it has my attention I’ve decided it’s time to go buy a fire extinguisher as we are starting to cook at home much more. If you do buy a fire extinguisher make [...]
Posted in consumer, finance on April 10th, 2007 Comments Off
I’m sure many of you have already heard or used this site, but considering the book review I just gave I figured I’d take a second to point it out. Investopedia.com is a great resource full of investment tutorials, articles, tools, and one of the best finance related dictionaries on the web. Many of the [...]
Just finished reading my latest book, Personal Finance for Dummies, by Eric Tyson. Yes it’s been awhile between books as I don’t get much reading done during UCF football & basketball seasons, I call it my reading off-season. Anyways I purchased this book as the wife and I are trying to become more educated about [...]