Nonacademic Skills Key to Success – Crazy idea…let’s assign two people to each child born in this country to make sure they learn these intangible skills like reliability and work ethic. We can call these people “Parents”. Even if we can only get one good one per child, it will be progress. 16 Yummy Slow Cooker Desserts – Tadow! Ransoming Someone for an XBox 360? – HT @MichaelSilence If you Read More ...
First two years of college show small gains – Get thee to a community college. Pick At It! – It’s been a long time since I’ve LOL’d all the way through an article. Scott: ‘We’re spending too much money’ – The “Scott” in the article is our governor, not me. But this Scott agrees. Here’s what I don’t get about how budgets are crafted–why can’t they just do it the Read More ...
Here’s where I break it down to levels beyond scientific. Some people love her. Some people hate her. Me…I’m completely indifferent. What I can’t figure out is why anyone, whether they love her or hate her, puts any serious stock in what she says or does. It seems to me she’s the Paris Hilton (famous for being famous) of politics. Group A hates her because Group B loves her, and Read More ...
Portraits of Financial Normalcy – Some financial personality categories from @daveramsey. Eight Crazy Constitutional Scenarios – HT @kleinheider. This reminds me of those crazy scenarios that can turn up in baseball. In baseball, they seem to actually turn up eventually too. BMI(wife) < BMI(husband) Means a Happier Marriage – Good news for me. Barring an amputation, no danger of this changing any time soon. Elected Official Constitutional Knowledge: Disgraceful – Read More ...
Katherine Coble on College Debt: – “…the Student Loan is in many ways the new subprime mortgage.” Yeah, except you can bankrupt a sub-prime mortgage. This needs to be hammered home. The Explosion In Sudden-Loan Debt – “…unlike a mortgage, in which a borrower can refinance or—at worst—face foreclosure and bankruptcy, student loans do not go away.” I wonder what percentage of borrowers are aware of that little gotcha when Read More ...
Ok. I’ve noticed a lot of people are landing here looking for the answer to that one simple question…”What is the best way to train for a half iron distance race (70.3 miles) and finish in under six hours?” I wrote a longer, more detailed post about one strategy to do this a while back. But if you’re looking for a simple (and logical) approach, I’m going to summarize it Read More ...
The worst thing about living in Florida is that leaving the house to go to the grocery store means you have a good chance of running into a dude who looks like a retired professional rassler. The best thing about living in Florida is that leaving the house to go to the grocery store means you have a good chance of running into a dude who really is a retired Read More ...
How to get Fat as Fast as Possible (losing weight humor) | 3 Boys And A Dog – How to get Fat as Fast as Possible: Woot! I'm batting 1.000 so far this year! The most reliable (and unreliable) blogging services on the Web – These rank almost exactly as I would have expected. I kinda sorta don't get Tumblr. Is is like the midpoint between a blog and Twitter? Read More ...
Do yourself a favor and invest some time reading Mark T. Mitchell’s memories of working on a Montana ranch. As a country, we need a whole lot more of this and a whole lot less of anything that isn’t this. I didn’t have a job anything like Mr. Mitchell did at 14, but I did a lot of farm work before I ever held a steady job, starting with pulling Read More ...
China Up, America Down – If them folks cain't swim, they bound to drizown. Hard to argue with these points, until China starts trying to bully other countries. In 5, 4, 3… RunKeeper Pro– Free Through January – Normally $10 for the pro version, get it free! Delicious In Purgatory – I would be SO gone already (I already have a contingency plan in place) if all of my Delicious Read More ...
