Some of the best marriage advice I ever got was to never stop dating my wife. Think about it. When you’re dating, you do everything you can to impress your girlfriend or boyfriend. You dress up, surprise each other with thoughtful little gifts, make reservations...
When I bought my first house last year, I accidentally threw a hammer at my father-in-law’s head (true story). A year before, I sawed my toolbox in half as it was propping up a piece of wood I was cutting (it now opens in two...
What’s the easiest way to save money on your bills? The answer is simple: ask for it. I know it seems too good to be true. But over the years, I’ve developed a process of regularly contacting my vendors and utility providers to take advantage of savings...
2015 sounds so futuristic. I’m just getting used to typing it, but the disappointment about not having flying cars and consumer space travel hasn’t quite faded. Even though we don’t all have robots that make us breakfast and pick out our clothes, automation has come a...
I was five years old, and I was hiding under the table. I waited patiently, having endured what seemed like hours of boring conversation, starring imaginatively through the translucent yellow tablecloth at the familiar feet nearby. Click here to read the full story....
I remember reading The Giver, by Lois Lowry, when I was a kid. Maybe you’ve read it (or seen the recent movie!). In the story, an older man (the Giver) trains his apprentice to hold the memories of their ancestors, memories like pain and temperature...
I pulled the plug on another CPA. Frustrated by inefficiency, I found myself once again employed as the bookkeeper of my own company - but I hardly ever showed up for work. I had a backlog of nearly a thousand transactions in QuickBooks, five months...
I spent 12 years attending hundreds (maybe thousands!) of events around the US with my live event video production company, and I’ve come across a lot of useful event-related online tools. But, in all those years, I’ve never put those recommendations together in one place. Until...