I make every purchase with a credit card and pay the balance in full. I get lots of money from cashback rewards for no cost. My credit is also fantastic now.

This makes no sense.

because it’s never happened to you in the insignificantly small number of times you’ve rented an apartment (compared the the significantly large number of times apartments have been rented), it’s impossible that a landlord, when possibly renting to someone with zero credit history, would either a) ask for more months…

terrible advice.

You do a really good job describing the absolute primal rage one feels when a loved one gets mocked or treated like your brother did. I don’t know where it comes from but it’s powerful. As an aside, my wife and I often say that one of the many silver linings that came from our 2nd son being born with Down syndrome is…

“Fun” Fact! I asked my accountant about the whole “tax-free loan to the government” thing when I filed. While it is indeed TECHNICALLY true, people kind of overstate the peel job they are pulling on you (and probably ignoring bigger, more obvious ones).

Umpires get a lot of shit, but for today at least that ump is a hero.

God, I was at that fucking game. Everybody in the park was like “it’s sitting right fucking there.” The padding in Nats park is 5" above the ground and a baseball is <3" in diameter. Somehow though the fucking ump let it stand as a double. With the Cespedes video above, I’m convinced that is a career highlight for…

I’m on a conference call, and I’m desperately hoping that they aren’t asking me to do anything, because I haven’t paid attention to a single word thanks to this article.

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