Outside the Rat Race

With the end of the year approaching, a reflective top 10 seems appropriate. I thought about doing the top 10 most visited posts, but tha...

I recently listened to the book Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin . The book was well written, but I wouldn't say it was enjoyab...

Merry Christmas! We hope the day is blessed and relaxing. We're lucky to be relaxing with family in California. We told our family...

I first saw the above video about JP Muller and was intrigued. I ended up buying the book , though later found a free PDF version ....

More thoughts about our LA trip... We decided to not take any computers with us except for our iPhones. We were only there for a weeke...

I am a major fan of Walt Disney and the company he created. He is an excellent example of the American Dream: he had a vision, and with...

My Brother recently got a used iPhone and we talked a little bit about how the home screen pages are set up. I thought it would be fun an...

Unfortunately, it's rare to experience excellent customer service. Clearly its from a lack of training and the type of people attrac...

While working I like to listen to Pandora . I love that I can put a couple stations together and just let it go - no thinking required ot...

For the last several years my brother, Matthew, and I have been talking about technology and what we've coined, "The Corpor...

I am in the Christmas mood and Christmas means cookies! I cleaned the whole house yesterday and then pulled the Christmas decorations out of...

Ever wonder how lenders figure out how much you need to pay them each month to pay off your loan? Just how do they know the amount to ...

While over at a friend's house Jessi and I learned about dust mites. Creepy little things really. From their experience (one of thei...

It didn't really hit me until I was filling out a survey the other day and clicked the 20-25 year-old age group and then realized that I...

Thanksgiving was awesome. We stayed at a friend's house and even spent the night. Vinnie did OK. The problem is that he's kind o...

I'm thankful for Jessi, who is willing to help out with projects like a  Septic Tank . I'm thankful for being able to practic...

As you'll recall, I've been going to storage auctions with a friend . I haven't bought anything yet, but today was the close...

As you might recall, Jessi and I recently discovered a septic tank not properly abandoned in our backyard . After much effort, Jessi and ...

Setting: James and Jessi are getting ready for work in the morning. Vinnie is sleeping in front of a space heater, being cute. James: ...

Well... there really isn't one. I was supposed to go on Wednesday , but apparently Albany is fantastic at resolving conflicts befor...