Joe Hazelbaker is an attorney licensed to practice in the State of Ohio and a small sporting goods retail business owner. He lives in Southeastern Ohio with his daughter.
+ more bio informationWhether you are trad or sport climbing in the warmer weather or mountaineering in frigid climes, you need special gear for your mountain climbing pursuits. At www.wildmercantile.com, we specialize in climbing gear and instruction. Based on our experience getting hundreds of climbers geared up, I've prepared the following prim... More..
One of the many cliches my father has hammered into me over the years is that "everything is negotiable." Of course, his other mantra was "if you don't mind, it don't matter". The former turned out to be sage advice; the latter, not so much.You can and should negotiate with your bank Traditional banks are facing stiffer compe... More..
The notion that when we clean our homes we make that environment dirtier is not a pleasant one. Can it be true? If it is, what can be done to lessen our impact? These and other issues are addressed in this article.IS CLEANING REALLY DIRTY?2-butoxyethanol, ethylene glycol butyl ether, 1,4 dichlorobenzene, ethoxylated nonyl phe... More..
Credit cards can be used to build your credit history, even if you've never had credit before. You can establish credit with credit cards in three ways: 1) getting a "secured" credit card from a reputable issuer; 2) having someone with established credit cosign a credit card agreement; and 3) seek out a bank that will issue a... More..
The world is a dangerous place. And the insurance that covers you at home, probably does not fully cover you abroad. Of course, these days you can insure anything, anywhere, anytime. That includes you and/or your family for your overseas travel.Your current medical/health/property insurance coverage probably doesn't completel... More..
States may no longer prohibit homeschooling, but efforts to strengthen and promote homeschooling remain of vital importance. As long as that is the case, the HSLDA will continue to be an important ally of legitimate parent homeschooling efforts. The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) was created in 1983 during a pe... More..
In the United States, you are entitled to a hearing when a governmental entity threatens to take away personal property (e.g. money) or a personal right (e.g. your freedom). The more severe the action being taken, the more safeguards that will exist to ensure that the action is fair. A formal hearing is a primary means of ens... More..
I either lack the intelligence or the pretension to be a true T.V. critic; I don't know which. For me, it's not about character development or fidelity to genres. It's way more black and white. I either like it or I don't. And I really liked Deadwood.The award-winning show was an original HBO series and has received critical ... More..
For baseball fans, one of the more memorable controversies of this past World Series was over the mysterious substance on the hand of Tiger's pitcher Kenny Rogers. The explanation was that it was rosin. But, what is rosin? Why is it used? And why, when putting foreign substances on a ball is a death sentence in the MLB, would... More..
Ohio State and Texas made the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament due, in no small part, to the play of their freshman stars Greg Oden and Kevin Durant. With Texas making an untimely exit from the tournament in the second round, Kevn Durant's play will, obviously, have a lesser impact. It may even cost him Freshman of the Year h... More..
Joseph Hazelbaker
Athens, Ohio US
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