Rule 2: Don’t Forget Your Debts Debt: the necessary evil of modern life. We take out loans for education, for cars, and homes. Some people even have tons of unsecured debt. Some people can handle the debt and some can’t. A manly man knows how to manage his debt. A manly man honors his debt. [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2010’
Manly Vegas Entertainment: Phantom
Like I mentioned in my previous post, the wife and I enjoyed a few days alone in Vegas. We did the fancy dinner and stayed at a fancy hotel. The last piece of the puzzle: a Vegas show with the wife. Before I booked tickets, we got advice from our friends and family about what [...]
Aria Las Vegas
My wife needed a break from the kids. Ever since our first boy was born 4.5 years ago, we haven’t had a single day alone. Thanks to some scheduling for work, I planned a quick getaway to Las Vegas. We dropped our boys off with my parents and headed for Vegas. Since it would probably [...]
The Boy’s First Filling
It was bound to happen sometime. My wife and I both struggle with cavities, so it was only a matter of time before our oldest son got his first cavity. Well, today he had to get his filling. Somehow my wife declared it was my job to take him in for his first filling. Not [...]
The $13.50 7Up
Yep. You read that right. $13.50 for 7Up. I was ripped off. Here’s how it happened: The wife and I enjoyed a few days alone in Las Vegas las week. We stayed at the Aria, the newest resort/casino. Wanting to impress my wife with a fancy dinner, I made reservations at Jean-Georges Steakhouse. It did [...]
It Was a Good Run…
8 years. I knew this day would come. My trusty PC officially died on Monday February 1, 2010. A lot changed in those 8 years: RAM upgrade, hard drive upgrade, DVD burner upgrade, one complete reformatting and reinstall, one new controller board, and a new power supply. We accomplished a lot together: school projects, a [...]
DSLR Manual Settings: 1st Attempt
My son was playing a game on my iPhone right before bedtime the other night. I loved the way the iPhone lit up his face and I wanted to capture that. I used my programmed setting, but the camera was trying to make up for the lack of light. It opened the apture all the [...]