I am currently in my third week of bike commuting and, sore tush aside, I am pretty happy with this experiment in frugality. I can make the 12 mile commute home in just about 45 minutes, which gets me home faster than riding the bus. In fact, I like to think of myself as [...]

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Last week I inaugurated a season of bike commuting and in the subtitle of my Bike Commuting Begins post I jokingly proclaimed it the “dawn of the sore bottom.” I was expecting a little soreness, maybe a little tenderness to the touch - but nothing like what I am experiencing. My quest for [...]

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Today I began the bike commuting era, and it has been a long time coming. I have been thinking about it for months now - 5 months ago today, to be exact (Bike Commuting: Is it for me?) - and today I have finally taken the first pedals on my journey to cycling ~24 [...]

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The coupon finding, freebie loving Kimberly over at My Good Cents posted a very cool tip that she found via theStreet.com. It is so good and so uplifting that I thought I might share it as well. The tip goes like this:
Instead of throwing unwanted coupons in the trash, take them with you [...]

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