I know it’s cliche to say that these kids are growing up too quickly, but it’s really quite remarkable just how true that is. Today Clara started pre-school at her elementary school, and she couldn’t be more proud or excited. Ever since the kids in her daycare have started school, Clara’s been keenly interested in…
Like many folks out there, I have become fed up with my rising Cable/Satellite bill and my falling TV consumption. We recently re-assessed all of our bills and despite a reduction in our equipment fees, we were still paying upwards of $115 per month to DirecTV for Satellite. Since having kids, our TV consumption has…
Reacting to some neighborhood drama: “Hey Water Valley friends, neighbors and taxpayers. There has been a lot of Internet hysteria and hubbub about Water Valley changing the lake ownership to ‘public.’ Please relax and remember YOU as metro district taxpayers OWN the lakes. NOTHING is changing. The PTMD board is simply housecleaning the rules to…
Last Christmas I got my wife a new coffee maker and settled on the Ninja Coffee Bar (ours was Model CF081). When we first bought it, we were extremely happy with it. It was consistently making great coffee. Now about 4 months later, we’ve seemed to have stumbled into what’s becoming a common issue with…
For nearly 10 years I’ve been a huge consumer of podcasts and have been elated to see it come more into the mainstream over the last few years. The two biggest virtues of Podcasting are the long-form and in-depth conversations that take place, combined with the variety of content. This results in a utopia of…