Modding a Minecraft server is certainly not the easiest thing I’ve ever done. (The difficulty level is somewhere between hanging a screen door and changing a diaper for the first time.) With that said, I’m here to make the lives of my fellow dads just a little bit easier. WHY MODDING? ‘Vanilla’ Minecraft is certainly… Continue reading
I read the National Review, but I don’t subscribe (although maybe I should). Since non-subscribers can’t comment on their articles, I thought I might respond here, as this article by Rich Lowry struck a cord. In it, Mr. Lowry posits that Atticus Finch would surely have been on the (morally) losing side in the #MeToo… Continue reading
Tips and tricks for buying a used car at CarMax. Buying a car is not exactly easy. Between finding the right car for you, locating a reliable and trustworthy dealer, and getting a good price, it’s easy to sink a huge amount of time, energy, and frustration into the process. And while there are certain… Continue reading
Photo by Janko Ferlič A great book is a bit like peering into the author’s brain. It’s as though you’ve spent an afternoon, every day for a year, absorbing the most intimate and considered thoughts of a brilliant mind. It’s also a vessel for time travel to the future — one in which you are… Continue reading
What’s the one thing you’re always procrastinating? The one thing you dread doing. The thing that keeps you up at night. The thing that you try to push into the recesses of your mind, and yet always finds a way back. Maybe it’s that work project that you can’t ever seem to finish. Or the… Continue reading
New Year’s resolutions are for chumps. Most New Year’s resolutions are bound to fail. We just aren’t that good at discipline and self-control. And yet we still have a strongly held belief that willpower is something you can actually will into being. Believe that, and you’ll remain a statistic … and become yet another human… Continue reading
(You may also read this on Medium.) I HAVE BEEN HAUNTED by ghosts since I was a young boy. When I was four, my family lived in the south of England. Our house — a historic structure some 100 years old — was haunted by an old woman. My mom dubbed her the “White Lady” because she would see… Continue reading
Google has 65 million suggestions on how to wake up early. I’m going to save you some time. It’s simple, really: Set a goal for the morning Set an alarm Get out of bed Complete your goal. But wait, you say — that’s not easy?! I never said it was easy. I said it was… Continue reading
A morning routine is the key to many things, including discipline, focus, and health. Here’s mine. Prep for the morning. I want my morning routine to go smooth and by the numbers. Here are things I like to prep: My preferred caffeine delivery system. If this is coffee, I prep the pot the night before,… Continue reading
2017 wasn’t the year when my President was a man (or woman) worthy of respect. It wasn’t the year when nuclear war was the least of my worries. It wasn’t the year that my country increased its standing in the world. It wasn’t the year that white supremacists ran and hid in fear. It… Continue reading