Yesterday, we received a “Help Me Choose” request from a fella looking to trick out his kids’ ride with battery-powered Christmas lights. He wanted to facilitate their joy by adding inexpensive lights (between $10 and $20) to their Peg Perego John Deere Gator XUV. We immediately went to work helping this fine gentleman. And, after […]
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I might be the only dumb dumb who didn’t know that Amazon has coupons. Someone brought it up to me the other day, and I thought they were crazy. I feel kind of bad because I said something along the lines of “sure, I’ll just go ahead and cut the coupons out of my computer […]
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In mid-September, I went to work in my home office like I do every day. But, this day was different from the others. The internet wasn’t working. There was horror in my eyes and gnashing of my teeth. I tore at my clothes. The signal from our router (a Linksys EA6350) had been declining for […]
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I don’t get invited into many private homes. And, almost no one lets me spend the night. Recently, I suckered a poor couple with an infant into letting me in their house. When I showed up, I realized I didn’t have a gift to give them. I felt like a Grade-A moron. Well, it turns […]
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Brains Report has already covered that you need to save up $1,000 right now in case of an emergency. And, we’ve given you the resources to create a budget and get out of debt. Now that you have meticulously followed our instructions, what’s next? Simple: you need to bulk up your emergency savings so that […]
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This is a post from Cathy Winick, a writer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and my mommy. She taught me everything I know about getting birthday deals. Also, she likes to get right to the point when writing. (Note: The featured photo is the back of the t-shirts we made up for her birthday trip to […]
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Brains Report only has two workers: Erin “My Wife” Brains and me. We both have full-time real-world jobs and a family to take care of. Therefore, we are willing to concede that we are not able to review every product. We also don’t want to leave any consumers without the resources they need. So, if […]
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Going to the store to pick out the six or seven bottles of wine you need to get through the night can be a real drag. You have no frame of reference for how good the wine is other than the artwork on the label and the price. To make matters worse, there are essentially […]
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What are you going to be for Halloween? Erin decided she didn’t like any of the suggestions I came up with in this post. Instead, she’s teamed up with coworkers on some weird theme that I’m not allowed to tell you about that necessitates her dressing like a crocodile. After careful consideration, she decided she […]
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At Brains Report, we are always at the beck-and-call of our followers. A couple days ago, a bright-eyed student at one of the two elite Midwestern universities contacted us with this polite query about bike locks: Do a post about bike locks so I know if I should get a cable lock or spend $20 more […]
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