whipped boyfriend

Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays

My girlfriend has always been the smart one in the relationship. She is one of those people you always go to when you have a question. She is also one of those people who is always right. Honestly, it is almost annoying how often she is right. It has gotten to a point that sometimes I do the opposite thing she tells me just because I want her to be wrong. So, when she told me not to use a certain medicine because I would probably have a reaction to it, I used it. Guess what. I had a reaction to it and ended up in the hospital. That was the last time I went against what she recommended. We were looking into getting rid of cable and she recommended www.direct.tv. I didn’t even look anywhere else because she is always right. I like to think of it as I trust her enough now not to stray from what she says, but my friends just say I’m whipped. Either way, I am happy where I am.

Sell your dvd’s and recycle your cd’s – make money online with Musicmagpie

As the cost of living increases, any way to generate more disposable income is likely to be of interest. Auction sites such as eBay may have provided the means by which people are able to sell unwanted goods online. However, the time, effort and hassle of listing relatively low-value items can prove too much for some. This has led to the creation of a number of new services such as MusicMagpie.

Auction sites require a fair amount of effort in creating listings, responding to queries, packing and despatching goods and handling feedback. Very few people can spare the time to manage these disparate activities. In contrast, the latest services offer an instant solution for thousands of would-be sellers, allowing them to rapidly generate a little extra cash from their old CDs and DVDs.

The way in which these sites work is fairly straightforward. Taking Music Magpie as an example, the user scans the barcode of a CD or DVD (including movies and games) to receive an instant valuation online. Assuming the user wants to proceed with the transaction, he or she simply prints off some freepost labels and uses these to send the goods in question. For anyone wishing to send a larger number of CDs or DVDs in one transaction, a fully insured courier service is available.

After the items have been received and checked, the user is sent a cheque. Selling unwanted CDs and DVDs really is that straightforward. There are no listings. No bidding wars. No disputes. Just a simple send and receive service.

MusicMagpie members can thus make a little extra cash through selling their unwanted titles. Clearly the service will not make millionaires out of its users, but it is likely to help out on rainy days. CDs tend to sell for around 50-70p on MusicMagpie. However, some items (e.g., compilations and double albums) may exceed £2.00. DVDs can attract higher margins.

Clearly the more CDs and DVDs a user has to sell, the more money they can make from MusicMagpie. Someone with a CD collection comprising 100 or more titles could make anything from £50 to £200, while a user with plenty of movies and games could earn substantially more.

The market continues to evolve. For example, earlier this year, MusicMagpie further simplified the task of selling unwanted CDs and DVDs with the introduction of a free consumer app (available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch). This enables users to scan barcodes and to sell items with minimal fuss and has proven popular with users.

Going away to college is hard on the parents, too

Guest post written by Jerry Malcom

There’s all this talk about how it’s going to be so tough on your kids for them to go away from college and really be away from home for the first time. But I’m not really sure who’s feeding all these parents this propaganda. It surely isn’t anyone whose kids have been in or are in college right now. My son is going off to college in a week and I think that he hasn’t been more excited about anything in his entire life. Nothing may top this for him ever, either.

I went online to try and find some advice on how to deal with this, because his excitement is making it a little tougher on me. When I was looking through some blogs about it, I ran across the site WirelessinternetPROVIDERS.net. I glanced over it and after I looked through it some, I decided to change over my home internet service to it.

Although, going to his freshman orientation with him helped a little. I saw how he was going to fit in college life and my excitement for him outweighed my sadness for him moving out.