Mark's Blog of Seriousness

I've helped friends start three companies so far, and helped another continue on for a bit before losing everything I put in. Here...

Porn is fascinating. The porn industry even more so. Honestly, why does it still exist? Robert A. Heinlein, in Glory Road, writes: "...

Previously , I had decided against watching TV shows until they were established. I amended that (in my head, at least) to mean I wouldn...

Yesterday, I closed on my third refinance. This is my fourth loan for the house in just over 6 years of owning it ( http://eis271828.blogspo...

It's long been a motto of mine that false arrogance is generally more fun than false modesty. It's a motto that has served me well ...

While driving the other day, I noticed several people doing mildly discourteous things to their fellow drivers, or at least not optimally co...

I refinanced my mortgage back in May of 2009 , and it's apparently time to do so again. I'm going about things a bit differently, t...

The full document can be read here: http://www.majorityleader.gov/Jobs/HRP_JOBS.pdf . I will abbreviate this initially as the "Republi...

Going over my Mint.com trends for the past couple years, I noticed a few things I thought were somewhat cool. In no particular order: 75% o...

A few months ago, a friend made me grilled cheese sandwiches in a way that changed my own cooking method. She simply cooked it with a lid o...