Archive for the ‘Smart Purchases’ Category
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Budgeting for a Tank
I have a confession to make. I have had a tank on my Amazon wish-list for over two and a half years now. As Lazy as I am, it’s time for me to make this a reality. No it’s not a hot water tank or a fish tank - it’s a drive-around-and-run-over-stuff tank. It even comes with a cool name - the Badonkadonk - or Donk for short. Let me be clear, I don’t spend the day thinking, “I really want to do some damage today.” Well, at least not every part of the […]
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Clean Your Shower All Year in 25 minutes for $21.49
I have mentioned in the past that I use the Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner to automate my housekeeping. Before that invention, I would dread cleaning the shower. It would take me at least 7-10 minutes a week. However, since I’m Lazy, I’d wait two weeks and then scrub away for about 10-12 minutes. At that rate, I would spend nearly 5 hours a year cleaning a shower. The bright side is that I could use a few gallons of very cheap bleach a year. I never measured the amount of bleach, but I’d […]
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Buying More Private Stock
I got wrapped up in writing a few other articles; I should have written about this large investment earlier. For the second time in twelve months, I made a very risky investment buying stock options. (You can read about my first risky investment here.) I have invested over $5,000 this time. I bought the stock options that had vested. Using the last round of funding as a guide, the stock should be worth nearly $15,000 now. Of course the catch with a privately funded company is that I can’t just choose to sell the stock. […]
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Netflix vs. Blockbuster
The continuing television writers’ strike has greatly reduced the value of our cable television subscription. Yet there’s still just enough need for us to continue the subscription. The last month we’ve turned to renting movies via a DVD Play kiosk at our local Safeway. We love this option since it’s only a $1.50 for a day. However, the selection has become limited. This has turned us towards the local Blockbuster.
Renting videos at Blockbuster really adds up. At $5 a movie, we could spend nearly $150 a month. In reality we wouldn’t get a […] -
Seven Things You Must Do to Prepare for An Emergency
Last weekend San Francisco encountered a huge storm. Prior to that, the news buzzed about how it was the worst storm in more than two years. It was difficult for me to take news of 6-9 inches of rain seriously. I grew up in Boston where there’s often a foot of snow at a time. While that storm did not impact me, the threat of an earthquake always looms in San Francisco. We know we need to be ready in the case of an emergency.
If you want to succeed at any venture, the first step […]
