The World According to Me

Okay, it is officially here. The day I wait all winter for, Opening Day for the MLB. We got a brief taste last week as the Red Sox and Athletics played in Japan, but now the rest of the league is up and running. On a side note I think it was unfair to designate […]

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So tonight at 8:00 pm we’re all supposed to turn out the lights. It is something they started in Australia last year as some kind of statement about climate change. This year it has become a worldwide movement. I’m not sure why. It is about as logical as calling for a gas boycott to bring […]

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I sat down today and figured out how much I’ve been saving in the food part of my budget. It added up to over 2000 dollars! How did I do it? Well not by surviving on ramen noodles and water. I used some simple strategies that ended up saving me time as well as money. […]

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Okay, I admit it. I’m a huge baseball fan. There are few places I’d rather be than at a ballpark watching a good game. This makes winter painful for me as there are no games to watch even on tv. I eagerly anticipate spring training every year waiting for more coverage as the players trickle […]

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Easter is celebrated on the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox (March 21). I’m not super clear on the reasons why, but in 325 AD the Christianity Council in Nicea decreed that Easter could no longer coincide with Jewish Passover. What we have today is the solution to that scheduling problem.
Because […]

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I hate the Monday after the time changes. It doesn’t seem to matter whether we are going forwarded or back it is still a pain. I hated that it was dark this morning as I was getting ready. I hated that not every clock has changed so you can’t be sure what the time really […]

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