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Thoughts on Jealousy, Part One

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

For my purposes, I’m going to define jealousy as: “the fear and other negative emotions resulting from the belief that his relationship, property, and/or skills are being compromised or interfered with by an outside source”.
From an evolutionary psychology perspective, jealousy in the males of a species is considered an evolutionary advantage. Basically, men want to [...]

Daily Diet

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

I started a diet back in March. I didn’t want to post it here cause I’ve had commitment problems in the past, but now that I’m pretty close to my goal and well in the groove, I feel a bit more comfortable sharing a few details.
Starting Point
I started on March 17th, at a weight of [...]

Homemade Trail Mix

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

I’ve been making my own homemade trail mix for a few years now, mostly because I like it better than the store bought choices. I sat down this weekend to make up a new batch, and thought I should analyze the details a little bit closer.
Walmart sells a bag of trail mix similar to mine [...]

Copyright Extension is Theft

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Consider the following tales:

Alice hires Bob to build a house and they agree to a payment of $100,000 for the service. Bob completes his work, receives his payment, and goes on his way. Fifteen years later, however, Bob decides that he deserves more money. He asks for another $100,000 - the law forces Alice to [...]

What would I do with $259.9 million?

Friday, August 21st, 2009

In my daily perusal of news, I stumbled across the South Carolina Powerball results. The question posed in the article is definitely thought provoking, and I decided to share my results here. This is basically my plan for pretty much any windfall, but includes a few more details on specifically what I would buy.

40% ($103 [...]