Lemonade with Kenny

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 30 under Uncategorized

Kenny and I went to Lemonade tonight and feasted.

UW alumni event at Jonathan Club in LA

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 29 under Uncategorized

I went to the UW alumni event yesterday with Jeremy at the Jonathan Club in downtown LA. Richard Karn, who played Al Borlin on Home Improvement a show starring Tim Allen I watched growing up, was the guest speaker.

Family of Computers

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 28 under Uncategorized

My family of computers:
The newest addition on the right is a Dell laptop with the new i7 processor, 8 gbs of ddr3 ram, 500 gb HD, awesome graphics card and display.
The computer in the middle is my old Dell laptop with a Core 2 duo processor, 2 gbs of ram and 150 gb hard [...]

Vibram Five Fingers

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 26 under Uncategorized

I just received my new pair of Vibram Five Fingers KSO and am looking forward to testing them out!

Wells Fargo BLOWS

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 23 under Uncategorized

Wells Fargo bank is terrible to use. They nickel and dime you with a million different fees and then try to upsell you to new accounts every time you deposit checks. Not even to mention the huge amount of junk mail they send.

Flat Fee Child Support Proposal

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 22 under Uncategorized

Our current child support system incentivizes people who are unsuccessful at life to have children while penalizing those who are successful. Child support is currently based on income- the more you make the more you pay.
I suggest changing that to a fixed monthly fee- $1,200 a month no matter who you are.
This will [...]

Simple & Ideal Taxation System Idea

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 21 under Uncategorized

Current systems of taxation are complex, unfair to many groups, expensive to administer, and lead indirectly to much societal damage.
I suggest a much fairer way to operate the government and one which would place natural limits on government size and power:
Change the Constitution to only allow an estate tax of 75% and a personal [...]

Emerging Adulthood

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 21 under Uncategorized

I just read an interesting ten page article in the NYTimes about a psychologist named Arnett putting forth a new theory adding a stage to the development cycle: emerging adulthood.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?src=me&ref=homepage
Emerging adulthood is supposed to be a new life stage that in modern life comes between adolescence and adulthood. Adulthood has been traditionally defined as [...]

Greenpeace Activist

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 21 under Uncategorized

Kenny and his greenpeace activist friend discussing rebelling against the evil Australian government.

Morning Jog in Venice

POSTED BY Joel on Aug 20 under Uncategorized

Headed to the GAP in Santa Monica to redeem the half off Groupon I bought yesterday.

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