http://onecleardot.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:57:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’m not sure how old you are, my reader, but I’m old enough that when I was a kid we did not have video games in the house, or cable television, or VCRs – let alone a DVD player. When I got home from school, I went outside and played ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/doing-battle-with-technology/ One thing I love about the internet is the availability of so many real, first-person testimonials about any number of products. Sure, you have to weed through the falsified testimonials put out on product websites are written by ringers on sites like Amazon, but you can usually tell which reviews ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/real-testimonials/ You don’t realize how insufficient the lighting is inside your house sometimes until you have real need of good light. Today I was on the living room floor with my daughter and we were changing he dressings for her stitches and the blisters on her feet. I had the curtains ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/lighting-up-my-life/ I know the housing market is bad all over the United States. Here in the Tampa area, though, I had seen a good bit of movement when it came to some of the more desirable townhome communities I have been keeping my eye on for the past year. Lately, I ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/time-travel-and-the-housing-market/ When I start complaining internally about my current financial situation and missing the money I had when I was married, I try to think of my friend Elizabeth. She went to law school and eventually took a job with a group of Chicago personal injury lawyers. She worked for about ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/money-cannot-buy-happiness/ There has been a rash of e-mail activity for the e-mail group for my community. Apparently, there has been a guy coming to homes saying he is with Verizon. He has a Verizon magnetic logo on his van. Though Verizon is known to work with contractors, this man is telling ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/07/04/answer-your-door-safely/ Finances are a funny thing. Everyone has their own style. Personally, I have always tried to live at or below my means. I avoid my credit cards (even though I have them) and I go without if I need to save up for a large purchase. However, there are times ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/06/23/the-wisdom-of-a-payday-loan/ What a funny guy. I saw him live in 2000 or maybe 2001 when he performed at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL. Personally, I liked his shows better when they were on HBO. He was a little too filthy for me in a Live context. But, if I really ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/06/23/rip-george-carlin/ We arrived today for our vacation at my dad's house on the Shenandoah River. I've been quite envious since he built this house, since the Shenandoah is my favorite river, hands down. I would like to have grown up in this house. Actually, the house I grew up in was ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/06/21/north-for-the-summer/ Ebay is dead, as far as I am concerned. Not only are the fees too high, the regions features of the site are weak. Shipping costs have all but obliterated the value of auctions via Ebay as well. When I started asking my friends where they have turned to buy ... http://onecleardot.com/2008/06/17/craigslist-automatic-posting/