In Douglas Adam’s book Life, The Universe, and Everything, he shares the secret of flying: it’s the art of learning how to “throw yourself at the ground and miss.” Tim Bailey  teaches people how to do just that:  throw themselves at the ground (in an airplane) and miss in order to ...

The following guest post is from Neal Frankle of Wealth Pilgrim. Wealth Pilgrim is a fantastic resource, and on my list of daily reads. After reading the post, head over to Neal’s site and sign up to receive his posts. If you have kids, you likely worry more about them ...

Looking back on the posts I have contributed thus far to this blog,they are all negative. I seem to be doing a lot of complaining; I seem to be an unhappy sort of person. It’s not true really. For the most part, our life in community with James at ...

The headache had always been there.  It was sometimes dull and heavy, a brow filled with rock.  It was sometimes quick and sharp, the darting stab of wild claws trying to dig a way out.  It was only noticeable when it was gone. I haven’t noticed it lately. Stress winds through the ...

The United States’ government-run manned spaceflight program was given a one-two punch in the last year. In August 2009, the Augustine Commission (appointed by the Obama administration) recommended that NASA look to commercial space operators to take on the burden of ferrying mission commanders, scientists and specialists up to the ...

Everyone always dreams of getting super powers and using them in the eternal fight for good (or, in some cases, fame and fortune). But what if it wasn’t about the BIG issues? What if you could just use a super power to help in day-to-day life? Now, everyone will jump to ...

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This is a post from Neal over at WealthPilgrim.com. After reading the article, be sure to sign up for free at Wealth Pilgrim to receive more from Neal. You might be paying a very high price for the work you do. In fact, it might make a lot of ...

The title sounds a bit like a shady law firm, doesn’t it? Actually, it’s meant to convey the emotions of this post’s topic. A topic I’ve thought a lot about recently, and one that another blogger covered in a recent post, The Guilt of Wealth. It deals with the emotions ...