I was talking to a friend yesterday who runs a small local business here in Morgan Hill. (I’m intentionally not naming him/her or the business because we were talking about the store’s finances.) While seeing all the business closures…
November 24th, 2008 | Posted in Online, Small Business | 2 Comments
When I first wrote about saving up to 50% off luxury watches back in April I was assured by several readers that The Watchery was a scam site that would disappear within days of my order being placed. I’m…
November 24th, 2008 | Posted in Online, Retail | 9 Comments
Morgan Hill is home to numerous tech firms including such prestigious names as Alien (whose laptops ruled the gaming world for quite sometime), but when Circuit City closes in the next few weeks we will, once again, not have any…
November 21st, 2008 | Posted in Online, Services | 1 Comment
If there’s one thing Morgan Hill has plenty of it’s veterinarians. It seems to me like there’s one on every corner. But just because they’re plentiful doesn’t mean their cheap and, just like for us humans, sometimes we’d rather get…
November 20th, 2008 | Posted in Online, Services | No Comments
I’m not much of a holiday shopper. Instead, I’m the kind of guy that prefers to present personal gifts for people whenever or wherever I come across them, rather than waiting for the calendar to recommend that I do so.…
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Contests, Housewares, Online | 2 Comments
If you’re like me, then you hate answering the phone. Of course, I know that most people aren’t like me, but I do believe most of us hate those annoying telemarketers who just won’t take no for an answer, ignore…
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Online, Services | No Comments
A few months ago I lost my eyeglasses in the ocean (don’t ask (or check my other blog for the whole story)) and having roughly 20/200 vision (just this side of legally blind) I was absolutely useless until…
November 19th, 2008 | Posted in Online | 2 Comments
So, I’ve been considering dipping my toe back in the dating pool and, small town that Morgan Hill is I’m a bit hesitant to take my first few dry runs in the local waters. Word spreads way too quick in…
August 28th, 2008 | Posted in Entertainment, Services | 3 Comments

While out roaming the neighborhood this afternoon I ran into a reader who asked me about yesterday’s BillsIQ post. It seems she thought I wasn’t being entirely honest with y’all and that I should have disclosed a little more…
August 5th, 2008 | Posted in Financial, Online | 1 Comment
I first heard about the Bills.com Bills IQ quiz a couple of months back but had procrastinated visiting the site until today. Much like I procrastinate paying my bills
While the…
August 4th, 2008 | Posted in Financial, Online | No Comments