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01 March 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Three Lessons I Learned About Blog Traffic This Past Month

I think everyone who has a blog goes through stages in his or her blogging. Inevitably a blogger hits a wall. The inspiration to write disappears and you feel like you don’t really have anything valuable to offer the blogosphere. I hit that wall this past year big time, but over the past couple weeks [...]

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26 February 2010 ~ 7 Comments

Gorditas and The Curse of Knowledge

Sometimes a normal, seemingly every day encounter can teach you an important life lesson. The other day Brea (my wife) had asked me go by Taco Bell for dinner and, since she’s over six months pregnant, she gets what she wants. She couldn’t remember if she liked the Gordita or Chalupa better, so she described [...]

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24 February 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Same Kind of Different as Me [Book Review]

I tend to read mostly non-fiction, leadership, or personal development books in my personal reading. So when Brea (my wife) and about half a dozen other people suggested that I read Same Kind of Different as Me, I hesitated. While the book is non-fiction, it’s more of a biography than anything else. I wasn’t sure [...]

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12 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

A Ridiculously Easy (and Free) Way to Keep Your Toddler Entertained

Having a little one around the house is awesome. But there are times that she’s not as entertained as normal by the same toys/videos/games she plays with every day. When these moments come we, as parents, sometime are stuck trying to come up with new ways to keep our little ones’ minds entertained. It can [...]

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08 February 2010 ~ 4 Comments

How I Pack and Ship Books (It’s Easy, Cheap, and Keeps Them Safe)

Have a few books you want to sell but you don’t want to get ripped off by Half Price Books? I’ve been there and I’ve found that it’s really easy to make a lot more money from selling books using eBay and Amazon. When I first got started I felt like I was spending way [...]

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07 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

This was my favorite part of the Super Bowl

Some things are so much better than football.

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03 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Some things are worth paying more for

I used to be really cheap. If I had an option of buying something generic that would save me money over buying the name brand I would do it. Not only would I buy generic, I would ALWAYS pick the cheaper item if there was a choice. It seemed like it was the better choice.
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