While Jacob isn’t really into the present exchange thing, I still regularly do it with my immediate family (who are on either side of the US). This year I decided to hand make all the presents, because it gives me an excuse to make things and I get great pleasure from this. Last year I [...]

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One thing about craigslist and freecycle which can be quite frustrating is that about half the people are (consistently) flaky! Come on! If someone goes through the trouble of listing something for free and putting it in a bag for you to pick up and you say you want it, the least you can do, [...]

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I think the reason that many people have the need to spend so much money and save more than 1 million for retirement is that is that they feel that security is achieved through ownership of multi-bed/bathroom houses (castles) that are built around car garages that house full size cars or big SUVs sometimes in [...]

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