Nice analysis. It would also be interesting to look at it from the other side, as far as which teams had the most players drafted into the NFL and doing a backward weighting to the previous 4 years, similar to how you weighted forward the high school recruiting stars forward.

Doesn't concrete and fire have the tendency to explode? I might be wrong, but I thought there was some issue with water collecting inside the pores of the concrete after a rain and then a fire causing the water inside to turn to vapor and expand.

Wow, that's a good source for tons of tool reviews. Thanks!

What's a good, entry-level biscuit joiner for those of us on a budget?

In my original post I was speaking specifically about range. The range is what ultimately matters to the end user.

No magic. They are already talking about a 135 mile range (with rumors of a 160 mile option) for the 2017 Leaf over the current 88 miles, mostly by adding batteries.

The lease deal in the picture brings up another reason to lease certain cars...for electric cars I'd rather let the dealer take on replacement battery costs and technology risks until it gets more mature and you start seeing 10 year old EV's on the road. Only then do I think it makes sense to buy an EV.

I would use one for major life events that have a lot of financial complexity around them.

I've done this. Actually did it a bunch back when I was training for half marathons. I ran at night, and partying could not get in the way of training.

The internet price is just the starting point for negotiations.

I can't express enough the need to open the box in the store and look at how the faucet attaches to the sink. There are some that are made to be "easy" to install, but really are a fragile Rube Goldberg device that won't go in right 9 times out of 10 and will break quickly.

If you handle raw meat at all in the kitchen, you'll want a spray bottle of chlorine bleach, diluted with water around 20:1, although I typically make mine a lot stronger.

I'm guessing those seats were already bought for $500 each. Season ticket holders couldn't be bothered to come or scalpers couldn't unload them.

I think rung 5 comes way too late. Once you are saving "enough" for retirement, you should start saving for other goals (house, kids' college, etc) in an appropriate non-retirement account.

There's a great lawnmower blade sharpening attachment you can get. Depending on the clearance in your mower, you don't even have to remove the mower blade:

I only used STEM as an example. There are plenty of (non-STEM) degrees with jobs attached that fit a wide variety of strengths and talents. Accounting, government, construction management, business/finance, nursing, economics, etc.

Well said, toner86!

You are correct. I misspoke when saying any STEM field. Good debt would be in a STEM (or non-STEM) field that has good job opportunities and growth, period.

I totally agree that work is a major part of life, and the choice of a major should reflect that. Choosing to take on debt to major in a field that doesn't lead to a job means you are choosing to not be in control of whatever job you eventually end up in.

You are correct, the caveat is being able to get through the degree program and eventually find success in (or just not hate) a job in your field.