After spending 16 long years in Seattle where I was raised I decided it was high-time I moved to someplace warmer. I was born in San Francisco, and my family traveled to visit family there often. I had heard stories of San Diego weather being 80 degrees year-round. This sounded like my kind of place, so in October 2002 I packed my small amount of things and hit the road to stay with my Aunt in Riverside County. My first 3 months in Southern California left me thinking there must be other naive Northern-states people planning their big move to Southern California who have no idea what to really expect!! So I thought it was important to be one to step up and give it to you straight because there’s definitely a few things to know before moving to California. [Read more…]
We the People Have No Choice… #NeverTrump #NeverHillary
Election day 2016 is approaching quickly here in the United States. We the people will have the chance to exercise our privilege to vote for President of the United States of America. Arguably, the most powerful position on planet Earth. And we the people get to decide! At least that is what the powers that be want us to believe. Do you really think that we the people have any choice at all in the matter?
The Democratic and Republican presumptive nominees are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. When we go to the polls in November to elect the new leader of the free world – Are these really the two best options we have to choose from? [Read more…]
You Know You’re From California When…
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in California? In my “day job” I regularly talk to people all over the country on an almost daily basis, and more often than not they’re not from the state of California. It seems I almost always get the same comments from everyone “Must be nice!”. It makes me wonder what people really think living in California is like? I thought the best way to go about giving all Non-Californian’s insight about what life is really like living in California would be to review some responses that Californian’s would use to finish the statement: You know you’re from California when… [Read more…]
Driving a Truck vs. Financing a Degree
This is a follow-up post to an ‘epic’ blog post that I contributed to over at the Don’t Quit Your Day Job blog. If you haven’t read it yet, check out “Should You Get a Degree or Drive a Truck?” In this post, I created a hypothetical example where I prove that driving a truck actually beats out financing a degree in the long run! And not by just a little – by nearly $1 million!
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Ted Cruz “Steals” Nomination from Donald Trump – Is It Fair?
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Donald Trump has, seemingly, dominated most of the Republican primary election cycle. By dominated, I mean he has won a majority of the delegates and a majority of the popular vote. Not to mention – his face has been plastered on TV the majority of the time. But Ted Cruz has a real legitimate shot of winning the nomination to be the Republican candidate for president of The United States. When (or if) that happens, Donald Trump supporters are going to cry foul and say that the nomination was ‘stolen’ from Trump. But I have a completely legitimate explanation that says otherwise. [Read more…]
Donald Trump Conspiracy – Does He Even Really Want to be President?
Does Donald Trump really want to “Make America Great Again?” Does he really care? Or is his entire run for president just part of a huge Donald Trump conspiracy? If you ask yourself a few obvious questions and look at the circumstances, it will really make you wonder. [Read more…]