Posted April 23rd, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Did You Know?, Quick Tips | 
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If you park your car outside in a neighborhood that has a lot of outdoor cats, you may want to give a little rap to your hood when you go out to start your car. Cats have been known to climb up into the engine compartment of the car for the warmth and can wind up falling asleep.
So, for the benefit of the feline population - give a quick knock on your hood before starting up your car.
Posted April 21st, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Quick Tips | 1 comment
Truffle Oil
The next time you are at a boutique kitchen store like “Sur La Table,” try to stroll past the latest kitchen gadgets and go to the “Gourmet Food” section. This is the area of the store that has a wide variety of dry goods, powders, spices, and more.
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Posted April 20th, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Humor | No comments
So last week we had Forrest Gump who was a pretty amazing ping pong player so it seems only fitting to have a ping pong enthusiast cat this week.
Posted April 16th, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Saving Money | 1 comment
My Space Heater
In our ongoing saga to quantify how much everything electric costs to run,we bring you - The Space Heater.
Pictured to the right is my space heater: Holmes® Ultra-Quiet Twin Ceramic Heater, 14 1/2″H x 8 1/2″W x 7 1/2″D, Black, which I have to say works pretty well for heating up my one-car garage when I want to go work out. Before we get to the cost, let’s look at some specs:
- Wattage: 1500
- Heat Rating: 5,280 BTUs
To do my testing I plugged it in to my trusty Kill a Watt and let the heater go on “High.” After 4 hours and 36 minutes it used up 6.50 kW. That means to run this heater for one hour on high it would cost $0.16. This is using the national average of $0.11 per kW.
Is that a lot of money? No, but if you assume:
- I workout 5 times a week
- I need to have this plugged in and on for 2 hours beforehand to heat up the garage
then I am spending $6.99 per month to run this. I don’t know about you, but I think I will be wearing sweats for my next workouts to put a little money back in my pocket and only turn it on when I REALLY need it. Now, off to find the next item I can analyze.
Posted April 15th, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Quick Tips | 1 comment
Form 1040
Today is the last day to file a tax return and there is a good number of Americans that won’t send anything to the IRS today for a number a reasons:
- They don’t have the time
- They owe more money and can’t pay it
- They can’t figure out the forms
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Posted April 14th, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Eating Better, Reviews | No comments
Fiber One
To live a long healthy life, it is important to pay attention to the major components of vitamins and nutrition - fat, calories, carbohydrates, and protein. It’s also important to pay attention to fiber.
- Fiber is integral to losing weight, as it will help to make you feel full.
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Posted April 13th, 2009 by Brett | Filed under: Humor | 2 comments
Okay, this one is a little more “That’s cool” than that’s funny, but it’s got some humor in there as well.
