The elves were scary as well.  Man!  What an interpretation of that book!

My first memory of a nightmare I had were of the Goblins in the Rankin/Bass Hobbit cartoon.  There is something uncanny about the animation style in general for that movie.  But the whole Misty Mountains scene just creeped me out as a kid.

I have a 9 year old in the high risk category. I may have choked up when I read the vote passed.

So my understanding for the general population is that if infections get down to where they were during the summer there is a risk that there will be more cases of myocarditis in children because of the vaccine than there…

Over a decade ago we use to live like a block away from a 99 cent only store and for whatever reason they had pound boxes of Cheez-Its there that were close to expiring (there was still, like, 3 months left). I grabbed a cart and bought the store out.

But that was also when you could 1) find pound boxes of Cheez-Its (I…

That is such a good idea!

Also please look up the Teal Pumpkin Project.

Not all kids can partake in the candy goodness (I have a kiddo with a feeding tube, but there are all kinds of kids and reasons). Including non-food items as an option and keeping a teal painted pumpkin out to signal that you have those options is a great way to be…

The BEST idea I ever heard (don’t remember where) and that I implement every Halloween is I tell the kids they can have one piece of candy...

Unless they sing a song, then they can have a handful.

Watching the kids who are maybe too old to be out trick or treating squirm because they think they are too cool to sing but…

My favorite marinara right now is we get a couple “Italian Style Canned Stewed Tomatoes” and put it in our vitamix blender.  The blender liquifies the tomatoes (I don’t like a chunky sauce) and heats it up and that’s it.  It is delicious.

There used to be a shopping center across the parking lot from the chain movie theater in my home town. This was back in the 90s but this shopping center had a food court with a restaurant that sold spaghetti. So I ordered a to go container and walked right into that theater (with my ticket) like I owned the place and…

What gets me to quit playing idle games is when the advertisers figure out I’m playing idle games and I start getting inundated with ads for slot machine games. That’s when I realize “the algorithm” has decided I have a problem and it is going to exploit it.

what I really need is the ability to rearrange my icons on my pc or mac computer.  I believe that itunes used to have that feature, but I don’t believe it does anymore (I don’t think)

Is CDs really the best way to save money? The best 5 year CD rate is a little over 1%. With $10k tied up in your ladder you are sacrificing quite a bit of liquidity for $100 a year. I’d rather store my money in some higher yield savings accounts where I sacrifice a half a percent but stay completely liquid.

I can…

What’s the best way to get started with AEW?

My daughter has a feeding tube so the calories to volume ratio of her meals is a really important consideration for us when cooking, hence the heavy use of oils and fats.  We had to get a clog draining company to come out and clean out our drainage pipes because of the nasty build up.  It was good times.

I’m curious what the reactions have been like for the second shot for immunocompromised people and what they will be like for a third shot. My whole family had pretty severe reactions to the second Moderna shot. None of us are immunocompromised but my 9yo daughter has medical complications (CP).  It is not going to…

iPhone Xs, 936 cycles, 85% Maximum Capacity

What, no Dave Ramsey? ;)

Just kidding, he’s an ass.

One course I’ve gotten a lot out of in the past is the YNAB course for budgeting. I don’t use YNAB hardly at all right now, but a lot of the principles have stayed with me.

And I appreciate that there is quite a bit more in your list than just budgeting which is where…

What about vaccinated people with high risk people at home who can’t get the vaccine?

My resume has been two pages ever since I’ve been out of college. I get it though. The way that I handle it is that I write the first page like they aren’t going to even look at the 2nd page. I’m as concise as possible, just hitting the points in the job description to explain why I’m a good fit. And then the second…

I find the variety ways of people sleeping with or without their partners super interesting in these comments.

My wife and I can only sleep in a King bed.  We keep talking about getting a high end sleep number bed as she likes the bed WAY softer than I do.  But we have our own blankets and essentially stay way over on…