Today’s blogathon theme is haiku. The problem with haiku, and poetry in general, is that it is deceptively simple. It’s easy to slap something together that fits the rhyme and scansion, harder to write something truly good. With that in mind, please be kind: Blogging on money: A tool, not a mystery. It… [Read More]
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Buddha’s Birthday
Well, no one knows when Prince Gautama Siddhattha was born. No one knows when Jesus Christ was born, either. Heck, my late Grandma Logue lied about her age so much that no one knew for sure how old she was when she died. (Among other things, the date of mother’s birth didn’t match on her… [Read More]
2012 Blogathon: Progress Report
Well, I’m a little more than halfway into the 2012 Blogathon, and so far, I’ve kept it up. I’m in the game, baby! Here’s what I’ve learned: This isn’t quite as hard as I thought it would be. The hardest part is finding pictures to put into posts. I’m not fond of the SEO stuff,… [Read More]
Paying for College: On Student Loan Debt
Over the weekend, the New York Times published a great article about how college students are being crushed by debt. I have a lot of thoughts on this, so I’ll start by explaining why I feel I have some expertise: I was a private college student who graduated loans, I am a parent who expects… [Read More]
Big Shocker – Indianapolis Lost Money on the Super Bowl
Fresh from an annals of “dog bites man”, we get the news that the 2012 Super Bowl costs Indianapolis a lot of money. Of course it cost the city money. These things always do. The organizations that put these major events on – the NFL, the International Olympic Committee – always promise that the tax… [Read More]
