Saturday I got a late start driving to the mountains for some ruin hunting. I almost chose not to go, but decided that a little traffic with hiking was better than no traffic with no hiking, so I took off on I70. And traffic there was! I prefer to get started early to avoid the […]
Month: September 2021
Rethinking the Future: Work, Missions, Housing, Life
Thus far, my late 20s and early 30s have been marred by quite a bit of instability. Getting established in a profession took awhile, building friendships and community took awhile, and developing a sense of self and purpose has taken awhile, too, all in the midst of mass scatterings of friends, comings and goings of […]
Rebuild vs. Replace: More Automotive Economics
Most car parts behave as a unit but consist of smaller parts inside. When these internal parts fail, the unit often requires replacement. If you do this yourself, you can save a lot of money, but you can save even more money if you diagnose which internal parts failed and change those rather than the […]
Predicting the Future
Life is full of predictions about the future. In fact, whole industries exist to make these predictions and sell them to people. Being able to predict things accurately carries with it a tremendous amount of prestige and influence, so it’s no wonder so many people pursue this. But predicting the future largely isn’t possible: nobody […]
The Shop Press is Gone!
The big news of this week is that my shop press sold at my parents’ garage sale! I apparently feel the need to tell the world. The shop press was one of those purchases of overreach. I have a few other purchases like that, too, but they are at least cool. The shop press was […]