For those that follow Dave Ramsey, this would be a sinking fund. He advocates for having an emergency fund (which differs in amount based on where you’re at in his steps), as well as sinking funds that you regularly budget into. Its a great idea. It also helps to categorize the money you’re putting away, because…

The more I hear about E. coli at Chipotle the hungrier I get! This has not deterred me at all.

JUST happened to a friend selling his not so old Mercedes. Had 70k on the clock and had no errors when he sold it but a couple of weeks later the mass air flow sensor throws a code and its $400 to replace. Dude starts harassing him and telling him he has to pay for the repair, refund the car or get sued.

As-is, bitches!

It looks amazing!!!

I don’t have any pictures, but I got a bunch of the low IKEA cabinets (I think it’s the Besta series) for our video game consoles and TV. I had an Xbone and 360 in one cabinet and my PS3 and PS4 on the other side with the nice frosted black glass doors and our consoles would overheat like nothing else, even with the…

I built my dining table from this crazy metal thing that was in the basement of my house when I bought it, combined with beams from when we repaired our front porch. The beams had rot on the top couple inches and so wouldn’t hold nails anymore, but when they were replaced I made sure they were saved. I cut the rotted…

Did this when the wife went out of town:

For any new parents out there you learn to love the machines that make you life easier. One of the most valuable pieces ever is the swingy-chair. Imagine your horror to find that the one thing guaranteed to put your little one to sleep stops functioning completely..

Moving to a new house. Needed a new farmhouse table. They were too damn expensive. So, we made one.

Well, I started with this:

I’ve only got these two good pic of this project on my phone, its like 80% done here, before finishing touches and paint... I’ll reply when I get home later with fully completed pics and before pics too

Back in grad school, I had travelled down to Penn State (about an 8 hour trip) for a conference. When I went to leave, my car wouldn’t start. A little investigation showed that the spring on the butterfly valve on my carburetor had snapped. Stuck in a strange town on a Sunday with no money, I improvised. I took a…

Finished this two weeks ago. I’m very proud of it and more importantly my wife loves it. Lot of work, especially with 2 kids under 2 yrs.

Not really mine, but mostly my wife’s.

After doing a lot of research into electronic drum kits, I realized that the cost to create an individual drum trigger was about 2 dollars. When mediocre kits were running over $1200 the obvious alternative was to try and make my own. I had a horrible old acoustic kit sitting around and I created triggers for each…

I went to McDonalds the other day, drive through and my total came to something like $5.54 with tax. I had a $10 and a $1 so I gave it to the clerk. She held the two bills up with the most confusing look on her face and said "Umm, you gave me a $10 and a $1.." I said "Yes, I know." She turned to her manager and…

I swear... everyday I find one more reason to switch from iOS to Android...