I've been wanting to make a YouTube presence for quite some time, and I finally got off my ass and did it! I'm starting off with a series of videos called "Deep Thoughts", where I sit on my couch wearing my finest (only) suit and swill brandy whilst giving my humorous answers to many of…
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about why changing your own oil (in your car) is a very overrated activity, and used the economic concept of opportunity cost in order to justify my decision to pay someone else to do it for me. I realized when writing this that it may have sounded…
You are going to have to go through trials of varying degrees. Life is not all butterflies and rainbows, sometimes there have to be dark patches. The good news is that without the darkness, there can be no light (a phrase I picked up from watching painting videos by Bill Alexander, a teacher of Bob…
The concept of "manliness" or "masculinity" goes back as far as humans do, and has changed to some degree over time while retaining certain core components. There is a growing concern about newer generations of men, and it was succinctly stated by Tomi Lahren, a 23-year-old political commentator for The Blaze, when she ended a show with…
Disclaimer: this recipe is based on one from thekitchn.com, but with a few slight modifications made that dramatically improve the quality of the dish, in the author's opinion. I had never had Indian food until a few years ago, but I became pretty quickly hooked on it, thanks to this dish. Chicken Tikka Masala is perhaps the…
Once you get to Europe and successfully say hello to the customs agent in their native language, you have some options as to how to get around. Most Americans are preferable to the good ole automobile, and usually choose to rent cars when travelling. I would advise that you do not rent a car. Why?…
Like many millennials, I did a semester abroad in college and now think I know everything about travelling. Of course, on the spectrum of exotic locations for a study abroad, Europe is pretty far to the "tame" side. I would have gotten more white person cred if I went to South America or Africa, but…
I get asked this question a lot from my non-engineer friends and family members, and I've probably done a pretty bad job of answering it over the years. To be honest, it was a question that I myself once had, even after a few years in engineering school. I knew what I was doing in…
We've seen them in our Facebook feeds, in news stories, in YouTube comments, and even sometimes in real life. We ask ourselves, "how can someone be so stupid?" "How can someone be so ignorant?" "Why do they not see the world as I see it?" We rant about these people to our friends. We talk about how…
There are countless adages that praise hard work and determination, and for good reason. America, in particular, seems to always tout itself as a great nation of "hard working" people. There's nothing wrong with hard work, in fact it is quite a good thing to have hard working people in your life or community, but…