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How Much House? A Spreadsheet to Help You Figure It Out

Lu and I have been circling for months on how much house we can actually afford. I'm the anxious type, so my answer is basically "let's get a trailer"; and she's the extravagant type, so her answer is "let's get

Poverty and What I Learned on Minimum Wage

Hello my fellow humans of the internet.

I've had this post on the back-burner for quite some time now, and I suddenly remembered it today as I was fiddling with some dollars at the grocery store. As our economy thunders

Demystifying Cast Iron: Heat and the Polymerization of Oil

I have to admit, there are a million articles on the internet about seasoning cast iron, and I really don't feel like going in depth on yet another "how to season a cast iron pan" piece. I'm writing this because

Expense Report

It's been a while since I really looked at my expenses, so I sat down today and opened up my expense report. It was surprising, and also kind of interesting, so I figured I'd share it.

Note: The

The Soft Whoosh of a Plane Crashing Gently

The wheat rolls for years off toward the mountains in the north and the blue-purple sky to the east and the exuberant and still rays of orange to the west. The evening sunlight sparkles in slow motion through gold-dust air