I used to do product development for a large mail order company. Part of my job was to get my name on every available mailing list so I could keep up with what was going on in the marketplace. And I kept up. With hundreds of flyers, catalogs, and other various junk jamming my mailbox every week.

That was acceptable then, but it isn't now. My mailbox is almost as jammed as it was back in the day, and I toss about 80% of what lands there. While I'm not a flannel-shirt-and-sandal-wearing tree hugger, I do care about the tremendous waste generated by all this. So I signed up for GreenDimes. ...More

Lacing up our shoes isn't something most of us spend a lot of time thinking about. (Mostly I just keep them the way they were when I bought them.) But apparently with some people it's an obsession. On the site www.shoe-lacing.com (yep, there's a site for everyone) you can find those people.

They've found there are over two trillion ways to thread a lace through the six eyelets in a typical shoe. Fortunately, they chose only 31 of them to present. If you're looking to an alternative to the typical "Criss Cross" method that most of us use, you can select such exotic lacing methods as the Double Back, the Checkerboard, or the Sawtooth. [Note: Clicking the link will take you to a site outside of TheBachelorGuy.com] LINK.

It's the Real Thing, it Adds Life, and You Gotta Have It, but that can or bottle of cola can also work wonders in an emergency. The chemical soup that makes up most commercial soft drinks not only makes them taste good and quench thirst, but also make them effective cleaning agents, bolt looseners, paint strippers, and possible skin softeners. More uses than MacGyver could think up.

And since most guys usually have a can or six lying around the house, knowing what to use it for when trouble arises can save you big problems and big money. Here’s a list you should keep handy... Just in case. ...More

Gas prices are still over three dollars a gallon in most places, and inching closer to $4 in some. Driving around looking for the cheapest prices just burns more gas, wasting more money.

You can find the lowest price more easily with the FreeMobileFuelFinder. ...More

If you're planning a summer vacation this year, you might want to cross some of these cities off your list. Or invest in a gallon of anti-perspirant.

To mark the first day of summer next week, Old Spice is announcing their Sixth Annual Top 100 Sweatiest Cities List. Number 1 again this year is Phoenix, whose citizens also produced more sweat than any other city in 2006, 2005 and 2003. The average resident there loses 26.3 ounces of sweat per hour during a typical summer day – meaning residents of Phoenix collectively produced enough sweat to fill more than 53,000 beer kegs in just one hour. ...More

You're probably seeing a lot of articles, a lot of lists, and a lot of ads telling you what to get dad for Father's Day. Power tools. Motorized tie racks. That thing that heats up shaving cream. Choosing what to get dad isn't all that difficult. It's what NOT to get him that some of you need the most help with.

The following are just a few of the worst ...More