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For most of my adult life, I have believed a very simple rule about casinos: the house always wins. That is basically the entire business model. Casinos are giant buildings filled with flashing lights, ringing bells, and people willingly handing over their money one spin, one hand, and one bet …
Hello. My name is Matt. I’m a Husband, dad, full-time truck driver, and what I have always jokingly called myself… an “imaginary entrepreneur.” I have been driving a semi-truck for more than twenty years, and for about the last fifteen years, I have also been experimenting with blogging, internet businesses, …
We were back on the road again, less than a week after our travel volleyball trip to Milwaukee, WI. Another volleyball weekend. Another hotel. Another set of gym chairs that somehow all look the same, no matter what city you are in. This time it was Pontiac, Michigan. Only about …
We left Grand Rapids on Friday afternoon, thinking this was going to be a volleyball weekend. By the time we got home Monday night, it had turned into something bigger than that. A championship run. A migraine lesson at age fifty. And a quiet internal wrestling match with a casino …
Heading East in the Heart of a Michigan Winter January in Michigan has a way of lowering expectations almost immediately. After a full week of brutally cold temperatures and snowfall every single day in West Michigan, we fully expected the drive from Grand Rapids to the Detroit area to be …
A Short Winter Trip That Felt Bigger Than It Was In the middle of a classic January snowstorm in Michigan, we made the short drive from Northeast Grand Rapids to downtown Rockford. It’s only about eight miles, but when the snow is coming down sideways, and the roads are half …
I have a habit of getting excited about an idea, diving in headfirst, and then quietly questioning my life choices a few weeks later if the results don’t show up fast enough. Sometimes I stick with things long enough for them to work. Sometimes I don’t. Most of the time, …
I came across a Newsmax article the other day with a headline that actually made me stop scrolling, which doesn’t happen often anymore. President Trump floating the idea of capping credit card interest rates at 10% for a year. Not 18 percent. Not 24 percent. Not the ridiculous 29.99 percent …
Every few years, someone drags an old idea out of the attic, dusts it off, slaps a fresh coat of paint on it, and pretends it’s brand new. Same engine. Same problems. New slogan. That’s basically collectivism in a nutshell. And if the word collectivism feels unfamiliar or academic, don’t …
I’ve been trying to make money on the internet for a long time. Long enough that I’ve seen just about every version of the dream come and go, sometimes multiple times. Blogs, ads, affiliate links, email lists, courses, communities, apps, and entire social media platforms that were once hot, then …