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Direct Buy Membership: A Consumer Report

March 19th, 2007 · 164 Comments

Direct Buy and the Magic of Lead Generation
I don’t know how many times I’d seen it. That chipper blond, the irritatingly giddy couples explaining how much money they’ve saved, the irrefutable logic of being able to purchase things directly from manufacturers, avoiding all those costly markups.
If you’ve seen the infomercial, you know what I’m [...]

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Tags: Around the house · Growth · Home Improvement · Learning · Money

What to do about those pesky boxelder bugs

February 27th, 2007 · 22 Comments

I’m wondering if anyone else out there has noticed anything suspicious about the bugs around their house lately. The word “bug” is a scientific term biologists use to combine two species:
The Family of Animals That You Can Kill With A Rolled Up Magazine, and The Family Of Animals That Are Too Quick For That.
I ask [...]

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Tags: Around the house · Children · Home Improvement · Humor · Learning · Marriage · Parenting

It’s 15 Degrees, The Furnace is Broken—It’s Go Time!

February 26th, 2007 · 10 Comments

“Something’s wrong.”
I’m not a high stakes gambler. I’ve never made or lost millions in business. Never fought in a foreign war (hell, never even been in a fist fight). I’m not a superstar anything. Don’t drive fast cars, drink, mess around with either women or drugs.
So how do I know I’m [...]

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