The first decade of this new millennium is in the books. We started with a recession, entered two wars, experienced fake economic growth based on bad credit, and ended with a recession. The only shining light of this decade is the iPhone. This decade was full of potential. The new millennium, the 21st century, the [...]

Last year, I attempted to review the entire year. I offered commentary on the events, told you what was significant, and tried to add a little humor. In essence, I was trying to do what Dave Barry already does. If you don’t know who Dave Barry is, Google him, and buy all his books. He’s [...]

Have you ever gone through the awful process of getting through an airport online to get to finally find your terminal and learn your plane has been overbooked? Thankfully, most of us haven’t. I’m flying in a week or so and hope to also avoid this problem. But it happens. These airlines will book a [...]

It’s still holiday season so you’ve probably seen some solicitations from charities for your money. They play to you holiday spirit, and if you’re anything like me, it works. But charities go about raising funds in all kinds of ways. Some charities raise hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. And anytime you have [...]

If you’re the thinking type, you’ve probably pondered once or twice on whether or not you should eat meat. Any sensible human should have at least considered it. You’re not just some primal animal, you’re a cultured human, and are better than others. But, you’re probably like me and decided a nice juicy burger just [...]

The Sheconomist, myself, and our wonderful boxer would like to wish you a wonderful and Merry Christmas. It doesn’t matter if you don’t celebrate it, because to those of us that do we use the day as an excuse to be nice to everyone. It’s been a wonderful year for the blog, and me, personally. [...]

My title is awful, but I just couldn’t think of anything better. The Sheconomist and I were driving home the other day and we passed one of those billboards that showed the current value of the local lottery. I can’t remember how much it was, but it was north of $100 million. We like to [...]

Yesterday we learned about Jesus and his casual relationship with Christmas.  Sadly, more people associate Christmas with Santa Claus than Jesus.  However, like Jesus, there is quite a bit of science behind the stories of this jolly fellow. But first a refresher.  Who is Santa and what does he do?  Santa Claus is a fat [...]