So I came across an interesting documentary the other day called Spent: Looking For Change. It’s a documentary about four families who have fallen on hard financial times and have essentially been booted out of the traditional financial systems that most of us (including me) use every day. Even though I know a little about having financial trouble (I grew […]
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My new wife and I have decided we needed a second car. We were sharing a 2000 Buick Century with over 140,000 miles on it, and we are honestly a tiny bit surprised every time it turns on. We were mainly looking at used cars, but on June 2nd it was the “last day of the month” for car dealers […]
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So obviously I haven’t posted in a while, and there’s a good reason for that. I was getting married, and then I went on my honeymoon. I’m now a very happily married man and I have had a lot of changes and interesting things happen to me over the past few weeks, so I have a lot of posts that […]
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Here’s another article saying that if you don’t go to college you are missing out on $830,000 of income. Holy crap! With information like that, I better start saving now to send my future kids to super expensive colleges! As you know, I’m not a fan of the “send everyone to college” mentality that has prevailed over the last few […]
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At the beginning of lent almost 2 months ago, I decided to stop drinking soda, chocolate milk, and anything else that wasn’t water. I laid out four goals for this adventure, and now that lent has ended I am happy to report on my success! Here are the four goals I was hoping to achieve by drinking only water: Be […]
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I’m getting married in a few months, as most of you already know. The main benefit to getting married is getting to spend the rest of my life with the woman I love most in this world. A nice side benefit is saving a lot of money on taxes next year. When one person makes substantially more than the other […]
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You may have heard that Quicken Loans is offering $1 billion to anyone who enters their March Madness contest and picks a perfect bracket. This is a pretty sweet deal. Even the best lottery jackpots are only a few hundred million and you have to buy tickets for that. This contest is a cool billion dollars and the entry is […]
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I started this website in July of 2010, which means I’ve been using a web host for almost four years. Aside from a few months when my friend Andrea from Nuts and Bolts Media was offering a hosting service, I’ve generally been dissatisfied (or “pissed off” if we’re talking bluntly) with my web host. I’ve had quite a few because […]
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A few weeks ago I decided to try to grow a beard. There were so many good reasons to grow a beard. It makes me look older. It’s manly. It keeps my face warm. I don’t have to pay for razors. And there was one good reason to get rid of it. A beard just isn’t comfortable. I’ve actually gotten […]
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Yesterday was Mardi Gras, which means today is Ash Wednesday. That also means that as a Catholic I feel compelled to give up something as a sacrifice during Lent. I’ve decided to give up drinking anything but water. Those who have been around this blog since the beginning will remember I drank only water for 30 days back in 2011. […]
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