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getAbstract is a service that provides 5-page summaries of business books.  The company I work for gives me unlimited access to the service, and I have made a habit of reading one or two abstracts daily while taking notes. So far, I have read over 130 book abstracts.  The abstracts allow me to effectively skim […]

For those not wanting to eat so much red meat, this burger solves the problem by mixing in about 50% mushroom and breadcrumb fillers. Ingredients small onion, finely chopped 2 cups mushrooms, finely chopped 1 pound lean ground beef 1 cup breadcrumbs 0.5 tsp sage 0.5 tsp oregano 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 tbsp water […]

Do we even need to segregate bathrooms by gender anymore? These days people are more private than they were when your grandfather was young. I can’t speak for women, but I’ve been in plenty of men’s restrooms. Lots of closed off stalls and every urinal is sectioned off with a divider. If a woman walked […]

The now-defunct BabyWorld.co.uk site was an excellent baby resource based in the UK.  When my wife was pregnant years ago, I tried out several of the pregnancy recipes on the site.  The recipes make great dishes even if you’re not cooking for a pregnant wife. Since the BabyWorld is now gone and the content was […]

The annualized return of the S&P 500 over the last 12 years is 5.9% My annualized return over the last 12 years is 10.8% Investing isn’t for generating wealth. It’s for preserving it. So I’m not rich, but I do okay. Over the course of my working career, I’ve saved up a lot of money […]

I have three kids, ages 9, 7, and 4.  With the third child, we appreciate how we still use for our third child some of the things we were using for our first child. Here are some of the things that we used for all three kids. Car Seat/Stroller The car seat is a requirement. […]

We live in exciting times.  For $199, you can get genetic testing done by just spitting into a cup and mailing it to the lab.  I know $199 is still out of range for a large number of people, but it will only get more affordable from here.  Most Americans can afford $199, though whether or […]

  One of the au pairs who took care of my kids was from Germany, and one of the things she missed most was the schnitzel and spätzle back home.  I enjoy learning to cook new things, so I took it as a challenge. Schnitzel is a flattened, breaded and fried meat.  Spätzle is a type […]

Dungeons & Dragons initially popularized role-playing games (RPGs) in the 1970’s and 1980’s. Even today, after a decline in the popularity of RPGs, Dungeons & Dragons remains the best-selling and most well-known RPG.  RPGs have traditionally been played with dice on a tabletop like a board game.  However, modern RPGs are often played over the internet […]

Here’s a family favorite soup I’ve been making for many years now.  I started making it for myself as a single college student in my apartment, and now I make it for my family of five! #recipe: Pnot Noir Bf Stw: 1# bf, 3 leek, 2 garlc, 1T oil, 2C broth, 1C wine, 1t thym, […]