But this weekend another light in my kitchen blew out. Incandescent spots are cheap, and the light they put out is perfect. The CFL spots? Expensive and shitty light quality, plus I’ve yet to get the lifespan out of a CFL that they promise. So instead, I spent $180 and bought 6 LED lights. WOW. Not only do the casings on these things look better than the contractor grade cans we had, the light is SUPERB. The color is perfect, it’s even a little bit brighter than the 65W incandescent lights we...
It would seem that if you want to get statists’ panties in a wad, threaten Big Bird (why the Count gets shafted, I don’t know). Not only will you get lefties into a frothing tizzy, you’ll also expose how little they comprehend the most basic of economics. One thing I saw was a boneheaded remark (by a presumably brilliant person) that ‘Cutting PBS support (0.012% of budget) to help balance the Federal budget is like deleting text files to make room on your 500Gig hard drive’. He’s right, you...
Since when was it the government’s role to create jobs? It’s not, but we hear it from both sides every time they open their soup cooler. The problem is, the government cannot create, it can only consume. Sure they can take a few dollars out of your pocket and pay that guy over there to sit at a desk and look through all your records, searching for other money you owe him, but that’s not job creation. If you’re really concerned about creating jobs, here’s some fine advice You want to "create...
Kid sees a need. Fills it. Makes money. Thousands of workers have descended on the region to seek their fortune in the oil fields, and housing construction and growth of brick-and-mortar businesses haven’t kept up. The closest shower to Jensen was at a truck stop some 60 miles away. It was expensive, filthy and the wait was several hours long. That’s when the idea for a mobile shower hit him harder than the reek of his own B.O. Kid builds a rig to let these guys take hot showers and makes a...
Not a huge fan of today’s comic. I realize Scott is a satirist and that taking anything a cartoon dog says seriously speaks more of thin skin on my part than anti-capitalism on Scott’s, so there’s that to consider. But I assume that Scott’s Dilbert Empire had him bullying, lying, manipulating, and verbally abusing others to build then. Now this panel I agree with the sentiment (although I doubt the number is correct) The thing about entrepreneurs is that they take those risks. It’s their money...
Thanks to the Oatmeal’s funny (if not entirely accurate) comic on Nikola Tesla there have been numerous conversations regarding Tesla’s desire to send electricity over the air to everyone’s houses. Now, most of the conversations I’ve seen come from people who appear to be scientifically minded but sadly, economically illiterate. And this is sad because one would hope that the really, really smart people would be smart enough to understand that the TANSTAAFL principle that applies to the laws of...
It is so ugly when you display it like that.
The only thing that surprises me about this is that I am surprised California could ban lender-initiated home foreclosures, under a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would make home ownership a fundamental right. … The Foreclosure Modification Act, a proposed citizen’s initiative, would ban mortgagees from foreclosing on owner-occupied dwellings in the Golden State. It would further require banks and other lenders to help mortgage borrowers struggling amid financial...
Today, Sunday May 29th, 2011, I am debt free*. I have no credit card debt. I own both my cars. No home equity line of credit, no lines of credit from furniture stores, no 5 years same as cash anything. Debt. Free. Folks, Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University changed my life. My wife and I were never drowning in debt, more like splashing in puddles of it. There was no need to hit the end of the month and always say “Where did the money go?” Now, we budget. Each dollar has a name before we...
Growing up in Atlanta, it was a law that on any drive longer than 1 hour, you had to stop to eat at a Waffle House. Being a law abiding citizen, I always followed that to a T. I love Waffle House. Greasy, messy, and totally delicious. I never did figure out how they added 80% gristle into a T-bone steak, but they did. A few nights ago the family had a bunch of stuff going on and the Mrs. and I pretty much fed the girls and skipped dinner ourselves. Eventually I got hungry and, with the lack of...