Recent Trip to Europe… Photos Posted!

November 3, 2009

On a recent trip to Europe to promote the Slovene edition of Bipolar Disorder For Dummies, visit old friends, and make new friends, I learned a few things and returned with some tips for travelers:

Bring multiple credit cards and at least one bank card for ATM withdrawals.
Make sure you have a couple cards with PINs [...]

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Bipolar Disorder For Dummies Heads to Slovenia

October 27, 2009

On August 12, I received an interesting email message via my Contact Me page. The message was from Darja Budja, who was wrapping up her translation/adaptation of Bipolar Disorder for Dummies
from English to Slovene. Darja has bipolar, hosts her own bipolar Web site at bipolarna.si, and is very involved in the bipolar community in Ljubljana [...]

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Zorg and Andy DVD Now Available!

October 2, 2009

Don’t let your Halloween be a Holloween. Order your Zorg and Andy video today and receive it just in time to host your own Zorg and Andy screening this coming Halloween.
Zorg and Andy is a comedy about love, duty, and sacrifice… human sacrifice. It’s a little bawdy – plenty of phallic symbols, a couple sex [...]

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Crest Pro-Health Mouth Rinse in the News Again

September 24, 2009

Pallas Hupé of CBS 13 in Sacramento has done an excellent report entitled “Crest Pro Health Mouthwash: Stained?” in which she asks Proctor and Gamble spokesperson Laura Brinker some tough questions about reports from many consumers that Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash stained their teeth.
As Ms. Brinker delivered the standard claim from P&G that “99.9 percent of [...]

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Zorg and Andy Premiers at the Summer Tromadance Film Festival

September 23, 2009

Zorg and Andy, a comedy about love, duty, and sacrifice (human sacrifice, that is) is scheduled to premier at the Summer Tromadance Film Festival (part of the 3rd Annual “B” Movie Celebration in Franklin and Shelbyville, Indiana, September 25-27). Here’s the scoop on Zorg and Andy:
When: Saturday, Sept. 26th., 12:35 pm EST
Where: The Strand Theatre, Shelbyville, [...]

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Crest Pro-Health Mouth Rinse on CBS 13 News

September 22, 2009

If you live in or around Sacramento, tune in to CBS 13 this Wednesday (September 23) at 10pm (PST) to watch the report on Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash, which some consumers suspect of staining their teeth. (Read about my experience in my post “Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash Stains Teeth.”) Immediately following the newscast, you can watch the [...]

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Crest Pro-Health Teeth Staining in the News

September 18, 2009

Pallas Hupé, Main Anchor at CBS13/KOVR in Sacramento recently commented on my post “Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash Stains Teeth.” She’s looking for photos or video of the teeth staining that some people, including me, have reported experiencing when using Crest Pro-Health Mouthwash.
Because most people who experience this staining realize the cause of it only after visiting [...]

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Can You Trust What You Learn about a Company from the Better Business Bureau?

August 26, 2009

I have written several books containing fraud-prevention advice, so when someone I knew (not me, I swear) told me he was consulting a credit counseling agency in Florida for debt management, I asked whether he had researched the company. He essentially said, “No worries. I saw it on TV. The company’s website has the Better [...]

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The Devolution of Telephone Communications

August 22, 2009

20 years ago, I’d call someone on the telephone and have a normal conversation – like we were talking in the same room, but we just couldn’t see each other. After 20 years of supposed advances in technology, fiber-optic cables, VoIP, wireless, satellite, and so forth, I call someone and feel like we’re talking on [...]

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My Latest Book: Loan Modification For Dummies

August 21, 2009

I just received a copy of my latest book, Loan Modification For Dummies, which I co-authored with real estate and foreclosure self-defense specialists, Ralph R. Roberts, Lois Maljak, and Paul Doroh.
While I knew we were publishing a smaller book – 9.3-by-6.1 inches and only 288 pages, rather than the standard 9-by-7.4 inches, 360-384 pages – [...]

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