The Cheap Bastard cannot be contained by size-38 jeans, nor by the constraints of a blog. Yes, after years of begging, pleading, shoe shining, placing bets on horses (ok, I did that on my own), your royal Cheapness here has graduated to the big-time a… more »

The Cheap Bastard was once the CEO of his own company, "Toys for Tarts." Sadly, it was much too progressive an idea to really catch on. However, Mike Byers enjoyed a decade as the owner of BT Proshop in Columbus, Ohio, and has decided to retire and cl… more »

The Cheap Bastard loves Texas. They're a rugged, different type of breed in the Lone Star State, and when you see the famous people like Tommy Tune and Mary Kay Ash who called Texas home, you really can get a sense of that ruggedness. But here we are… more »