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Washing Your Coffee Mug: Sanitary or Pure Evil?
by kev on January 24, 2008 

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My affection for coffee has been discussed ad nauseum here on my blog. A quick search of the word “coffee” brings back 16 different blog posts. As a result, my #1 Dad coffee mug has received almost cult-like status. You crazy kids and your cults…
A few moments ago, while sipping some French Vanilla coffee goodness […]

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Yes, Virginia, There is a Recession
by kev on January 22, 2008 

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Probably because it sounds so much like “recess,” the word “recession” doesn’t scare me. Whenever I hear someone say the word I begin daydreaming about being a kid again, climbing monkey bars on a playground and “accidentally” knocking the other kids down. Good times, good times.
Of course, a few seconds - okay, minutes - later […]

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Special Kind of Uncle
by kev on January 18, 2008 

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You know it’s been a long time since you’ve updated your blog when you have regular readers - some who are notorious for not updating their own blogs - leave you comments calling you out. It’s like having Keith Richards comment on your drug habit, Billy Joel comment on your bad driving, or Rosie O’Donnell […]

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To Boldly Go Where No Chicken Little Has Gone Before
by kev on January 7, 2008 

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I find it both sad and funny that now that I’m debt free and in a position where I can begin saving money and investing it for the first time, a recession looms over the economy. The first three days of trading in 2008 were the lowest in the stock market’s history since 1929.
I’m no […]

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A Letter to Future Me
by kev on January 1, 2008 

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Dear Future Me,
I am writing this on the heels of my/your 30th birthday. Admitting this age feels very odd and surreal. In my head, I’m still 18. The expression I’ve just now coined, “time really flies when you are incredibly awesome” is all too true.
To freshen your memory, the purpose of this letter is simple: […]

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