How Far?

  How far out of your way will you drive to save 5 cents per gallon on gasoline?  I know some people who will spend more to get there than they will save.  I’ve heard it described as spending a dollar to save a dime, or pennywise and pound foolish.  If you listen...

Birthdays

So, yesterday was my birthday.  It wasn’t any special round number, but was just another number added to my list of numbers.  Birthdays are usually exciting for us until around age 25 or so, and then they are mostly reminders that we are getting older, which can be...

A Tale of Two Kales

Sometime in June, I was at the garden center with my kids and since things were discounted ½ off, asked them what we should get.  We got flowers for mom and a 4 pack of kale for 75 cents, which isn’t a huge gamble, even if you don’t like kale.  We planted two in...

Was That Necessary?

This past week, I noticed the seat belt in my 240k mile work car wasn’t working as it should and I got frustrated not being able to get it to release so that I could get enough strap to buckle in.  I finally decided to take it apart and see what was the issue, but...

Flawless

In baseball, a perfect game is one in which no batters reach any of the bases either by hits or walks or any other means.  In the whole history of over 200k games played, there have been only 23 perfect games, so it is unusual.  Even in those perfect games, there were...