A couple weeks ago the wife and I went to a little workshop on squarefoot gardening. We have a garden in our side yard and it is doing pretty well. We have some squash and bunch of tomatoes getting ripe. After this workshop I am convinced this square foot thing Read more…
A few months ago we got a 32″ LCD TV and set it up as a second monitor for our PC. We don’t have cable and mostly watch PBS and NBC. The shows we like were never on when we were available to watch them. For example, we like The Read more…
I learned today about two cool features of Google Spreadsheets. I don’t think I will need Excel anymore. The two functions I learned about are GoogleLookup(“entity”,”attribute”) and GoogleFinance(“ticker”,”attribute”). The GoogleLookup function is amazing. In less than a minute you can populate tons of data about a list of items. For Read more…
Here is the story. Try not to laugh too hard. Reed Harris wanted to propose to his girlfriend in a creative way so he decides to hide the ring in her Wendy’s Frosty for her to find while they were out with a group of friends. There was one problem. Read more…
And, for that matter, Freedom. Moral ethics and work ethic is what will save us. No government policy will save capitalism or our economy. In fact, I believe that increased government regulation has a habit of bringing out the worst in ethics. Some people will do whatever it takes to Read more…
Here is a simple test I found. I’m not sure how accurate it is but it is fun to think about. Look around at the site. There were a few other interesting tests like the Stress Test. Here’s the test… What would you do if you were in a situation Read more…
Over the past several months we have tested the waters with clipping coupons. We got ourselves a Sunday paper and even started getting the coupons from my mother-in-laws paper each week. It is amazing how much money you can save if you can come up with a system that you Read more…
It is simple and straight forward. Yet very few people can seem to do it. The key that isn’t mentioned here is to not buy things you can’t afford! We chose to buy a house early and I would recommend waiting until you can afford it on top of saving Read more…
“It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca When I was a child I would complain to my mom when things didn’t go my way or I didn’t get what I wanted she would tell me, “Life Read more…