The rural population that makes mail too expensive: The postal service is required to make shipping available to anyone anywhere in the US accessible and at the same price.  It’s why a stamp costs the same no matter where you’re coming from or where it’s going to.  The cost is clearly more to send a [...]

Warning, if you’re the queasy type you might not want to read this post. I don’t like taking drugs. When I can avoid it I will. That includes everything from basic pain killers to prescription suppositories. So it was with great reluctance that I was transported to an urgent care facility yesterday. I knew all [...]

Sorry, but it may be a couple of days before I get another post up. Caught a nasty stomach bug and have been trying my hardest to spread it to the rest of the world. Back in a few days when my symptoms are under control and don’t need a shot in the butt to [...]

Another blogger by the name of Debt Ninja at the blog Punch Debt In The Face succinctly explained the subject matter of most personal finance blogs: Other than the image above his post is made up of just a few words to explain the secret behind personal finance: spend less than you make. I thought [...]

Many of you may not know when Weaknomics started.  It was back in the winter of 2008 and I was in the first job that really launched my career.  I bought a brand new car and paid off the loan in less than a year.  It was a bit of a splurge but I was [...]

Time can be a precious commodity. Older people wish for more time, younger people want time to fly by, and just about everyone in between wonders where the time went. This is why we are paid for out time. We’d rather be doing something else, but the pay makes us want to work. There’s a [...]

I’ve awaited Tim Allen’s return to TV for a long time.  Home Improvement was a fantastic show.  His new show is called Last Man Standing.  Since I first saw a commercial on TV for the show, I knew it would be a flop. It will very likely be a flop, but that’s okay.  It’s just [...]

My dog has had a pretty big impact on my life.  We’re best buddies, but then again he’s best buddies with everyone.  Sometimes he listens to me sometimes he doesn’t.  He can be a pain, and make a mess but in the end he’s worth it. I hear all the time from parents about kids.  [...]