From the monthly archives:

July 2009

How To Quickly and Easily Clean A Blender

July 30, 2009 by Karol

If you’re like me you hate doing dishes. If you’re also like me, you use a blender every day. Here’s how to get it clean quickly and not hate doing it…

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90 Second Smoothie To Kickstart Your Day

July 28, 2009 by Karol

Get your day off to a great start with this 90 second smoothie recipe…

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How I Cured My Seasonal Allergies Forever

July 21, 2009 by Karol
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I suffered from horrible seasonal allergies for half my life. It took me 14 years to learn how to cure my allergies without the use of Doctors or medications. Here’s how…

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Powder Is For Babies (or How I Keep My Only Pair Of Shoes From Smelling Like Boiled Rat Piss On Extended Trips)

July 16, 2009 by Karol
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If you travel light and for extended periods of time your shoes are going to stink. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Here’s how I got rid of that rancid stench wafting up from my feet…

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How A 19 Year Old Made $5,000 In 30 days While Simultaneously Breaking Every Copyright Law In The Books, Getting Kicked Off Of eBay, and Going To College Full Time

July 14, 2009 by Karol
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At 19 years old I was pulling in over $1,000/week on eBay selling bootleg copies of my one of my favorite TV shows. Stupid? Probably. But I rationalized it like this…

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The Persistent Shower Companion (or Early Mornings At The Munich Airport)

July 10, 2009 by Karol
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There comes a time in a young boy’s life when his shower companion will be a beautiful woman. This wasn’t one of those times…

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How To Pay $82/month For Health Insurance (For The Self-Employed or Uninsured)

July 8, 2009 by Karol
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Health care is a huge social and political issue, and one thing is certain: nobody agrees on anything when it comes to reform. But the politics doesn’t matter to me because I’ve taken health care into my own hands.

The most pressing problem with health insurance here in the States is that a lot of people think they can’t afford it when they most certainly can.

Being that I’m self-employed I’ve been purchasing my own health insurance for my whole post-Collegiate adult life.

I’ve never paid more than $82/month for health insurance and you shouldn’t have to either…

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How To Stop Having Problems or “The Eighty-Fourth Problem”

July 6, 2009 by Karol
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There is a story about a man who went to see the Buddha because he had heard that the Buddha was a great problem solver. Much like you and me, this man had some problems in his life and he hoped the Buddha would solve them…

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Zero The Hero or How To Pay 0% Credit Card Transaction Fees When Traveling Outside The US

July 3, 2009 by Karol
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INTERIOR LIVING ROOM COUCH – CALLING CREDIT CARD COMPANY
“Hello, how much are your transaction fees when traveling outside of the United States?”
“3%”
“3%?! Does that include Canada?”
“Yes, sir.”
“But Canada is so close! Can’t you work out some kind of deal? They’re nice people, I’m sure they’ll work with you.”
“Sir, that’s not exactly how [...]

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An Unlikely First Post: Notes From How To Build A High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself

July 1, 2009 by Karol
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My notes from Tim Ferriss’s How To Build A High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself presentation at WordCamp. I hadn’t planned on launching my blog with a post about Tim or anybody else, but…

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