After doing the Jaw­grind pod­cast with some friends for the past cou­ple of years, I’ve real­ized just how much a five star rat­ing sys­tem can vary among dif­fer­ent peo­ple — and even myself at dif­fer­ent times. As I’ve been rat­ing enter­tain­ment (and even goods, as in the case of Ama­zon) for years, I’ve always had… Con­tin­ue read­ing Star Rat­ings

My goals from year-to-year don’t change that much. How­ev­er, that’s not entire­ly a bad thing. Some have set goal lines but most of them are open end­ed. Strive-to-do-more-of-this or less-of-that sort of things. How­ev­er, this year, I’ve decid­ed to nar­row some of my goals to the dai­ly lev­el. More accu­rate­ly, at the end of each… Con­tin­ue read­ing Start­ing Out 2014 Right

I did­n’t post a set or goals for 2013, but I did review my goals for 2012 and I feel pret­ty good about work­ing on some of those goals in 2013, as well. In fact, I think with regard to my per­son­al health, this past year was a very good year for me. Track­ing my activ­i­ties… Con­tin­ue read­ing 2013 in Review

Today, my daugh­ter and I had the entire day to hang out. We went to out for break­fast, played com­put­er games, went swim­ming, went to the Lego store, and of course, vis­it­ed Nis­san North Amer­i­can Head­quar­ters to check out the Lev­el 3 DC Quick Charg­er for our LEAF. You know, like all 5yo girls enjoy doing.… Con­tin­ue read­ing Fast Times at Nis­san HQ

…chuck­ing the gas can, I sup­pose. When we bought a gas/electric hybrid, it was the per­fect vehi­cle for my needs at the time. A 4x4 for vis­it­ing con­struc­tion sites, enough room to car­ry us and the dogs, and good fuel econ­o­my. How­ev­er, in near­ly sev­en years since then, my sit­u­a­tion has changed con­sid­er­ably. I now… Con­tin­ue read­ing What’s the Oppo­site of Cut­ting the Cord?