June 28, 2004

A Wonderful World

After a brief evaluation of where my hard earned dollars go each month, I have made a few adjustments, the first one being with my cell phone. I have been subscribing to almost every offer that they have thrown my way, and have been the recipient of the most ridiculous cell phone bill, every month since. Goodbye PCS-Vision-camera-pictomatic 2000, goodbye night and weekend minutes starting at 7pm, goodbye unlimited sprint-to-sprint calls, good bye uber-million anytime minutes. This stupid phone should be a minor cost, as it is a minor convenience, not a blood sucking half-a-car-payment each month. Seriously, I could lease a Saturn and pay less each month than I have been for a stupid phone.

Next victim, my health club membership. Bah, I give those greedy bastards 32 bux a month, well, no more. Sure, they helped me shed some unwanted weight, but being summer time, I can do that on my own. I'll miss the swimming pool and hot tub, damn!

I am going to cancel SOME of my domain hosting that I currently use. That'll save me a sizable chunk of cash as well. Basically, I found a way to trim off enough monthly outlay, that I'll be able to step up my savings significantly. It isn't about what you make, it's all about how much you can save. I know people who are so damn house-poor (The purchase of a home that is WAY beyond your means) that they can't even afford to go out to eat a few times a month.

Travel is where it's at for me people. Always has been, always will be. It is my philosophy that you can learn more on a trip abroad than you can by sitting in a classroom for a semester.

BTW, I live an hour south of the epicenter of the earthquake that happened this early A.M. The people reporting feeling the quake in St. Louis, Wisconsin, etc. are completely full of crap. I was in my kitchen when it occured, and didn't feel a thing. Not so much as a leaf shuttered. Hrmph...

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June 02, 2004

Alternative Energy, Hmmm.

I sat and perused a very interesting website before work today, and it kept spewing forth a bunch of bs about an impending doom, someone forgot to tell me about it, that is about to plunge our planet into chaos and disorder. Who knew??? This website insisted that we begin stockpiling a years worth of food and water so that we may take care of our families. Hmm, maybe not a bad idea?? The more that I have researched this type of thing, the more that I have discovered a disturbing trend of reactionary and paranoid behavior that I feel can be eliminated.

With the price of crude oil at over $40 a barrel, is quite apparent to me, and apparently others (Again, who knew?) that an alternative energy source is not just a great idea anymore. It is imperative that we become far less dependant on fossil fuels. I am not looking at this from an enviromental standpoint, there are PLENTY of others out there doing that for us. I am viewing it purely from an economic standpoint. Wow, the available systems out there, from solar to wind to hydro, are all UBER expensive. It amazes me that they are not in deeper demand, which would ultimately call for more production and lower prices. What I am calling for is a complete overhaul of the infrastructure of the industrial model. Yes, it would take awhile, yes it can be done. We have done it before.

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