Category: Travel, Places & Everyday Living
-
When Homemade Isn’t Cheaper: The Hidden Economics of Premade Food
For decades, we’ve been told the same thing: cooking at home saves money. Every budgeting guide, every frugal-living blog, every grandmother’s wisdom leans on this assumption. And often, it’s true—especially if you know how to buy in bulk, stretch ingredients, and embrace leftovers. But there’s a crack in this narrative, one that becomes obvious the…
-
New Mexico’s Asphalt Gaps: A Thump-Thump Reminder of Neglect
Drive, bike, or jog through almost any neighborhood in New Mexico, and you’ll meet them—like clockwork. Six-inch trenches stretching across the asphalt, evenly spaced, waiting for your tires, your sneakers, or your handlebars. They aren’t potholes. They aren’t speed bumps in the traditional sense. They are what locals, with equal parts humor and resignation, call…
-
The Price of Independence: Why a Self-Sufficient Homestead Doesn’t Pay for Itself
There’s a certain romance to the idea of pulling up stakes, buying a few acres, and living off the land. In an era when grocery bills climb faster than paychecks and corporate food chains feel more fragile than ever, the dream of independence is powerful. Imagine stepping outside each morning to milk your own cow,…
-
Guidance for Weather Information Officers
Issued by the Ministry of Climate Assurance Purpose The weather is a reflection of the Nation’s stability and strength. As such, public reporting must highlight the positive, the beneficial, and the reassuring aspects of daily weather. Citizens deserve confidence, not confusion. Principles of Weather Communication Approved Reporting Structure Final Reminder The role of the meteorologist…
-
America’s Hyperinflation Score Just Went Up
The United States is not experiencing hyperinflation. Not today. The grocery store shelves are stocked. The dollar remains the world’s reserve currency. Investors still buy Treasury bonds. Most Americans can go months without thinking about the national debt at all. But if I maintained a Hyperinflation Risk Score—a simple gauge from 0 to 100 measuring…
-
The Price of Paradise: The Economics and Ethics of Visiting Palmyra Atoll
There is a certain mystique to Palmyra Atoll—an emerald crown of islets and lagoons sitting in the middle of the Pacific, halfway between Hawai‘i and American Samoa. It is remote in the truest sense, hundreds of miles from the nearest settlement, a place where the rhythms of nature carry on almost untouched by human interference.…
-
Do Most RVers Really Need Satellite Internet?
Satellite internet has become the buzzword in the RV community. Services like Starlink promise connectivity almost anywhere, from desert boondocks to forest clearings. But here’s the question: do most RVers actually need it? Or are low-cost cellular plans with phone hotspots “good enough” for the majority of travelers? What You Really Need for Internet on…
-
The Two Worlds of Tuesday at 10 A.M.
By Someone Who Accidentally Found Themselves in a Grocery Store When It Wasn’t Hell We tend to think of modern developed society as one big, humming, synchronous machine. Cities run, offices churn, the economy ticks forward, and everyone is on the same schedule. Right? Wrong. There are, in fact, two societies cohabiting the same space…
-
PILGRIMS
Series Overview Genre: Ensemble Drama / DramedyTone: Subtle, interconnected, and emotional—like The Office meets Fleabag meets Normal People.Setting: A slightly rundown, rent-stabilized apartment building in a gentrifying city neighborhood (Brooklyn, Chicago, or London).Format: 12 one-hour episodes per season.Concept: The Canterbury Tales reimagined for the modern world—a mosaic of human connection told through overlapping stories of…
-
Why the Best Clean Isn’t Always One-Step
When most of us set out to clean something—be it a greasy tool, a kitchen counter, or the sticky remains of a price tag—we instinctively want the fastest, strongest solution. One product, one wipe, one rinse. Done. But real-world messes don’t often surrender to brute force. They’re layered, stubborn, and complex. And so should be…
