Archive for January, 2008
A personal experience: simple gifts mean the most
12 comments so farWhen I got home from work tonight I found a pile of clothes on my bed. My wife informed me that they were old and I should go through them and decide which should be donated and which I wanted to keep.
After sorting through some of the clothes (”I haven’t seen you wear that since [...]
New reader poll: would you follow LivSimpl on Twitter?
7 comments so farI’ve been tossing the idea around of starting a LivSimpl Twitter feed. The idea behind it would be to post short thoughts, links to relevant articles, new post notifications and maybe even provide an opportunity for readers to get to know me a bit better and vice-versa. (I’m currently available on IM via GTalk - [...]
A simple way to get out of your cell phone contract (without paying the early termination fee)
5 comments so farLocked into a contract with a carrier you’re unhappy with, with a phone that’s out-dated and falling apart with 11 months left to go? Paying significantly more than the advertised $39.99 per month? Well, if you happen to be AT&T or Verizon Wireless I have some good news for you. Both companies recently upped their [...]
Better than flipping a coin: figure out which side the gas tank is on from inside the car - UPDATED: Not really.
6 comments so farUPDATED: As it turns out, this just flat-out isn’t accurate. Even Snopes has debunked it (although I admit it would never have occurred to me to check Snopes for something so trivial). Who’da thought my mother in-law could have been so wrong when her daughter turned out so right? :) Thanks for keeping me on [...]
Why you should start preparing your taxes now
3 comments so farContrary to popular belief, you don’t have to wait until April to get your taxes done. In fact, the sooner you can get them done, the better.
I realize that it’s piling one more thing on your already full plate, and April seems so blissfully far away…why worry about it? True, it may seem like a [...]
