March 2010
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Dad Math
My dad really liked caramels. He would just unwrap one and pop it in his mouth. It was funny to watch his beard move around with his jaw as he chewed them.
He didn’t like caramels has much as Oreo cookies, but definitely more than Tootsie Rolls.
October 2009
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Truths
1. Credit does not equal Savings.
This sounds like an obvious statement, but there are a lot of people out there who don’t understand that just because a bank is willing to loan you money, it doesn’t mean that it’s yours to keep.
2. It’s a small world.
In 2005 I was walking through Leister Square in London with my study abroad roommate when I heard someone call my...
September 2009
1 post
Over the Ghetto and Through the Hood
The neighborhood I grew up in, while it wasn’t the most dangerous place to live, it certainly wasn’t the safest. I recall being four years old and falling asleep to the sound and lights of police helicopters hovering overhead. Our clothes were stolen twice from the laundromat across the street. I was ten when my best friend moved into the neighborhood. “Did you know there are...