Going on a Field Trip
Remember how I have a second website about fictionally traveling to every NFL stadium in one season? Finally, fiction is becoming a reality. My son and I will take to the road, and between August 12…
The Joys of Homeownership: Part 3: Finding a Buyer
See Part 1 & Part 2. Timing the Market We heard a neighbor wanted to list at $1.1M or more but would not sell for another few weeks. Zillow showed their house was worth only $1M,…
The Joys of Home Ownership: Part 2: Selling Your House
View Part 1 in the series here Selling Our "Forever Home" Most Colorado homes are in subdivisions and can easily be compared to their neighbors. Zillow can easily run algorithms to determine a fair price. Our…
The Joys of Home Ownership: Part 1
After my wife and I married in 2006, we wanted to live together. So we made that happen in my parent's basement. My parents gave me a large gift earlier that year to help pay for…
Peas in a Bod
In my senior year of college, I started gaining weight. I was unsure of my future, and scoop Chinese, and Mountain Dew became my best friend. My weight ballooned 60 pounds to 225. After I proposed…
Should People Be Buying Electric Cars?
A year ago, a dream of mine came true. I bought a minivan. I always envied kids who got to ride in a minivan with screens. I wanted my kids to enjoy riding in a car…
What Comes Next? In Baseball.
Baseball's biggest chess match is between the hitter and the pitcher. Each pitch generates a new set of possible outcomes. A batter gets on base almost 94% of the time if the pitcher gets them to…
Why Am I So Damp?
Showers make me wet. A towel is no defense for the amount of dampness I experience. Ok, Tommy Lee Jones might not care, but I do. I hate spending time scrubbing myself after my shower with…
Rant About Taxes
2020 was an interesting year for me financially. I overpaid my taxes because I figured it was better to be safe than trigger reasons for an audit and cause unnecessary pain. The amount I overpaid was…
A Tale as Old as Time
Why don't we take the most advanced technology we have and use it to play the simplest game in existence? What if you let kids enjoy technology while scratching their most basic itch? Virtual Reality Hide…