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  • Cheap and Simple Sunburn Remedies That Really Work   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Zinc oxide, and even moreso titanium dioxide, are cheap and effective ways to prevent the sunburn in the first place. Unlike the organic (carbon-containing) UV absorbers, ZnO and TiO2 remain on the surface of your skin, don't react chemically with your skin, and completely block every kind of UV.

  • How to Launder Money   16 years 11 weeks ago

    This article gave me a boner.

  • Live Where the Water Tastes Good   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I live in Spring Lake, Michigan and my water tastes fantastic when it comes out of the tap all nice and cold, but if it sits for any length of time it tastes horrible--a bit like chemicals.  I thought a filter would alleviate that problem but it didn't.  I was buying bottled water for awhile but in the back of my mind I was always worried about the plastic leaching into the water, so I went back to the tap and only drink it when it first comes out--I let it run until it comes out cold first.  Gone are the days of taking a glass to the bedside to sip when I wake up in the night.  It just tastes too foul. 

  • 17 More Places to Buy, Sell, and Trade Books   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Personally I am a fan of CKY Books I sell all my used books there and then donate the books they arent't buying for a tax write-off.

     

  • Need a job? Apply to become a Census enumerator   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Well, I am starting my training next week for $15.00 per hour     but for a temp job??? I will take it plus .50 a mile for gas used!!   And we are helping our country!!! 

  • Where to Shop Your Goods: Survey of Online Marketplaces   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Hey thanks for all the links.

    I hadn't heard of any of those mentioned except Craigslist and Ebay.

    I'll have to check them out and see what I can find or see which may be a good marketplace to feature our future products.

     

    Thanks,

    Guy

  • Save Money by Investing in Your Children   16 years 11 weeks ago

    This is a little tangential, but related to your post, and possibly playing devil's advocate... The older I get - and especially the more I travel - the more I think a lot of our problems (particularly in the 60/70s) with children are related to the modern atomisation of society, and how family's have become these little closed cells.

    If you look at history or less 'developed' societies, children used to just run free with the peers - and parental law was absolute, but rarely enforced. Now their under our feet, and they have a 1000 rules and laws. It's just to claustrophobic, and leads to all this soul searching.

    Not sure what can be done about it though.

  • Feeling Stuck? 100 Ways to Change Your Life   16 years 11 weeks ago

    not a bad idea

  • 15 Awesome Storage Solutions for Under $10   16 years 11 weeks ago

     

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    Here’s my 2cents:  I like to fix door knobs that quit working, anything that would be fixed with a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, mending tape etc. I carry all this small tools and screwdrivers and nails on a milk plastic jug.  To make this work I cut a whole ( as big as you need it to carry your stuff ) on the corner/edge opposite the handle so that whenever I need the tools I just grab the milk jug with all the tools in it where they are easy to reach. I imagine you can carry any kind of hobby/cleaning stuff or anything else you can think off that needs to be carried around and easily stored away. They look pretty cool too!

  • 15 Awesome Storage Solutions for Under $10   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Ooh you just gave me an idea: ice cube trays for storing jewelry.

  • Make Your Own Moon Sand, Dirt Cheap   16 years 11 weeks ago

     

    I own a small business (very small, it’s just me) and it basically involves doing some writing for advertising, marketing, the web and of course, blogging. None of this will ever replace my full-time career, but it does eat up various costs that my accountant has told me I can deduct from my taxes. And when I looked into it further, I found not just a handful of possible deductions, but a veritable smorgasbord.

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  • 101 Tax deductions for bloggers and freelancers   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I own a small business (very small, it’s just me) and it basically involves doing some writing for advertising, marketing, the web and of course, blogging. None of this will ever replace my full-time career, but it does eat up various costs that my accountant has told me I can deduct from my taxes. And when I looked into it further, I found not just a handful of possible deductions, but a veritable smorgasbord.

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  • Horizon Organic Milk: Is it All Just Lies?   16 years 11 weeks ago

    a cow that lives in it's own manure and eats corn produces equivalently bad milk. at least organics try to change that. hence, my $$$ will only go to companies that try to change that.

    while the rest of ignorant folk can continue to drink milk from Kraft and support an industry which is against nature and basic principles of life only striving to make profits. let the money talk.

    Invest in companies that make food in line with your principles. your 401K and E-Trade accounts should reflect what you believe in .. not just make you $$$.

    Cheers,

    Vlad

  • 8 Truths From a Mystery Shopper You Must Read Before You Get Started   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I am glad that I read this article before going out there to find a mystery shopping job. I think the information here is very valuable. Thanks a lot.

  • 3 Key Points in Making an Allergy-Free Dog Diet   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I started making my dog's food a couple months ago. My vet told me 1/3 meat, starch, and veggies plus a mixture of vitamins/supplements/whatever. My puppy goes crazy for the stuff and I feel a lot better not having to worry about what's in his pet food. 

  • 3 Key Points in Making an Allergy-Free Dog Diet   16 years 11 weeks ago

    How much rice and other grains and vegetables and fruit would dogs eat in the wild? And I don't think they would avoid fat. Wouldn't their diet be all the meat and fat they could handle and maybe a nibble of grass?

  • Feeling Stuck? 100 Ways to Change Your Life   16 years 11 weeks ago

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    still curious to find meaing about what i wrote down i googled up "writing down whatever comes in your head" and found this site! took it immediatly and it has helped me realized many ways to overcome things i normally wouldnt have thought so in depth about.. Thank you for the head start!

  • Feeling Stuck? 100 Ways to Change Your Life   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Im 22. i was feeling "stuck" still feel stuck", ...addiced to painkillers..disapointed with where i am in life right now..

    decided to write myself a letter from another persons aspect of my goals in life or for at least right now..(i heard somewhere about just starting to write and write and eventually you dont think about what your writing, your just thinking on paper)  i wrote 3 pages..rambling on about whatever popped up in my head.. it started with the "you have to..." "you need to stop..." but just flow with whatever came up.. now that i reread it. somewhere in the middle i stopped saying saying you, and used "I" instead...... it was a good way for me to prioritize what i wanted in life right now

  • 19 Tips to Cut Costs by Using Your Oven Efficiently   16 years 11 weeks ago

    This is useful...I never read a blog about using oven efficiently. I don't even multi-task I only do what I need to do...bake that's all. Now you gave me an ideal..a good one. Thanks.

  • You’re Fired! 20 Signs That a Pink Slip is Coming   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I had hoped that the economy would have improved since my last post.  It is tragic that it hasn't. I hope some of you have found a job, but I believe most have not.  Since my last post we've completed two more Pink Slip episodes and put up our website http://pinkslip.tv/.  We've added Pink Slip - Part 3 - Christmas and Pink Slip - Part 4 - The Dance.  Just click video on the home page and scroll down to view them.  You can also see them on youtube and vimeo. They are both very funny, yet really sad, although, we stay away from that. In Part 3 Pink Slipped Max and Pal Joey ensnare fashionista Suzy into their zany plot for survival. Max and Suzy finally hook up in a most unusual and sexy way. Be strong...keep job hunting...but take time to laugh. We also have a Pink Slip - A Comedy Webisode - by Muriel Campbell Facebook fan page and would love you to tell your stories.  How do you keep hanging in, what can friends say that is helpful.  What well intentioned comments hurt? We may not be able to get you a job, but if we know of anything, we will try.

     

  • Ask the Readers: How Do You Watch Your Movies?   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I watch alot of TV on Hulu. For movies we watch redbox or blockbuster since the drive in no longer runs movies. We have 4 kids so the movies for all of us would likely mean taking out a second mortgage. I do take the kids to regal during the summers and  recently kroger ran a digital choice reward that will allow me to take  our younger 2 to How to Train a Dragon.

    Christine

    dazed1821@aol.com

  • netSpend: The Story of the Visa Debit Card We Did Not Apply For   16 years 11 weeks ago

    Netspend rocks, folks. These guys have the best savings interest rate in the banking system. I don't use mine much, so I just stash cash in it and get five percent. I purchase online with it only, stash most of the money in savings, put the rest on the active card account...no problem. It's fdic insured. And at a buck a transaction, it's dirt cheap. Safe from thieves on the net, too, because they can only get at the active account, not the savings acct money. Anyone with a debit liinked to a bank account or a credit card faces much greater risk. You'd be an idiot NOT to use this company. I've been with them for 10 years. later, losers.

  • A Society of Fear   16 years 11 weeks ago

    What Phil says in his response to Guest about wishing that teens and 20-somethings didn't get locked in by debt at such an early age rings true to me -- as I pursue my professional interest in Montessori education, I repeatedly come across references to the brain research that indicates that development of the pre-frontal cortex, which is where judgement, or executive-decision making ability resides, occurs during adolescence and early adulthood. 

  • A Society of Fear   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I don't think it's that the military prevents kids in lower economic groups from getting a decent education -- the difference I notice between the time that I was going to college and the era following the return of mandatory draft registration up to the present is that other governmental financial aid has pretty much dried up. 

    If you want to change the culture so that the lower middle class is less dependent upon the military as a source of college education and a modest living for kids getting out of high school, work on getting various groups and businesses in your community to offer 4-year financial assistance (scholarships and community-backed loans) to your graduating seniors -- there used to be lots of programs competing with the military in helping kids get to college.  I don't see it today.

  • Ask the Readers: How Do You Watch Your Movies?   16 years 11 weeks ago

    I definitely watch all my movies via Netflix. I'm a big fan of Watch Instantly because I never know what I'll be in the mood for!