Having survived two newborns I can say it is best handled by assuming that your life will suck for 6-8 weeks. With our first we didn’t fully grasp that going in and it was miserable. With the second we knew what to expect and it went much smoother. We were also lucky and had babies who began sleeping through the night…

Coming from champions of big government and banning things, yes, it should be concerning.

I’ve started and stopped the Couch-to-5K program a countless number of times over the years and still have yet to complete it. Why? Shin splints.

In my birth family the whine, “Everyone else has one!” was a guaranteed way to not get the thing. 

Easiest way to do it - the kids can have a cell phone when they can buy it for themselves. I’m not even saying they need to be adults, just that this seems like something that they should be using birthday money and allowances for. If you want the newest iPhone, it will take longer to save up for it. If you want…

I came to disagree but ultimately what I wanted to say is stated in the quotes you pulled: ibuprofen and acetaminophen moderation will ease the discomfort and maybe get everybody a better night’s sleep.  Otherwise though you’ll save money by letting things run their course.

You lemmings can go ahead and let someone else speak for you, I’m fine representing myself and letting my body of work speak for me.

I’d rather have 7.65% of my income back.

I never thought about any metrics other than “How much sidewall is required to reduce the pucker factor when I hit the million potholes on my way to work?”

The best toy in our house is the humble cardboard box. All sizes are good, but the big ones they can sit in (or crawl in, or even stand in) are even better. Of course, the pinnacle of all boxes is the refrigerator box, followed closely by the box from a washer or dryer.

We had a carrier that I used quite a bit with both of our girls when they were babies. It was great when they fit, but man, they quickly out grew it.

Hmm. Interesting. I had planned on just letting my child cling to my bare chest hair if they require transport. This seems good too

They can stop preventing its construction, though.  The reason it’s not getting build is that the developers aren’t allowed.

Wait, can someone explain why NIMBYism is laid at the foot of free markets?

Kind of hard to build more housing when the cities in question put up roadblock after roadblock to people trying to build housing. (Look up Robert Tillman in San Francisco who has been trying to 4 years to get approval to tear down a coin operated laundromat and put up a 75 unit housing development - the opposition…

This can be done, but these articles are just very basic. I had a goal very early on - mid 20's - that I wanted to be a millionaire by the time I was 40, thinking at the time that it would be enough to retire - kids and a mortgage tend to change that. My wife and I have been hit hard by recessions, dot.com/stock…

For your second point, meet Bob, the world's worst market timer:

“Living paycheck to paycheck” seems like kind of a weird measure. Like, a single mom stringing together minimum wage shift work is living paycheck to paycheck, but so is a tech bro who lives in a fancy apartment, drives a tesla, orders Seamless every day, and has a taste for exotic travel. Both may spend every dollar…

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. On one hand, He put $3400 down. I can go out today with 3,400 2018 dollars and buy a decent car that will get me back and forth to work for at least a couple of years. That amount of money in 1991 would have gone much further and he’d have been able to use his new job at Ford to help…

The Kavanaugh allegations are pure cynical politics deserving of zero attention. The Democrats pulled this out of their butts as a last ditch smear against a thoroughly boring nominee.