A portable library

My family and I are overseas for a while.  I am here to work.  We are currently in Jerusalem. In my profession, I use a lot of books.  I need these books for work. Lots and lots of Latin and Greek books. To move overseas, each of us carried one backpack.  We also...

Dump a car.

I have never owned a new car.  In two weeks, I am moving my family to Europe for four months.  These two sentences are related. Cars are expensive.  The average American now spends $482 per month for the “privilege” of car ownership.  And, most of us own...

I hate passwords

Valentines day is tomorrow.  I should write about love. Instead, I am going to write about hate. I hate passwords.   Hate, hate, hate, double hate.  Loooathe entirely. I am older than the Internet.  When I was a kid, spies had passwords.  That was about it.   Now...

Save some time for yourself….

I spend about three or four hours a day responding to email. It takes a long time to respond to people when they’re writing to me in Latin and Greek. Not too long ago a friend of mine told me about this guide: http://macsparky.com/email/. If you are a Mac user,...

Frugal February

Every week I send out a ‘Tip of the Week’.  It could be about languages, but it does not have to be.  Usually, the ‘Tip’ is something I have found helpful.  My life is a little easier as a result.   If it helps me, I figure it might help you....

Buying Right

I am pretty tired this morning. I was up ’till midnight sledding with my kids.  Truth is, the hills were not fast enough, so I was dragging sleds full of laughing children behind my old chevy pick-up truck.  Abandoned parking lots are fun. Tennessee...