With values soaring to the moon, card collectors are starting to get violent — In December 2020, a rare Charizard Pokémon card sold for $360,000. Early in 2021, a Michael Jordan rookie card sold for $215,000. Weeks later, the same card sold for $738,000. During the pandemic last year, with people locked inside and looking for something to flip the mood, quarantiners turned to…

It can be costly to want more — Tonight I met up with a gorgeous ex-classmate of mine. No, it was not a date. I was giving her a dog crate I’ve been trying to get rid of for a while. She has a puppy that’s quickly outgrowing puppy status. I always thought she was cute. She sat…

Let your systems burn — I’d rather sit on a grill than take a cold shower. It’s because I’m averse to cold water. I don’t need to explain why. We that hate cold showers are pussies. But I don’t care anymore. I can’t even tell you how many motivation books, videos, and podcasts are out…

I hope to marry her someday — In a hard world, it’s nice to find a place that feels like home every time you step inside. It’s hard to be mad walking into a Crumbl Cookies location. The lobby is small with no seats but warm, bright, and reeks of sugar pies. The ordering is seamless. Simply…

Where hearts go to heal — Believe it or not, snow doesn’t seem to reach Indiana much these days. Snow can be annoying. It sucks to drive in and clear from your driveway. But once that’s all settled, it’s hard to ignore the snow’s beauty. It transforms the landscape completely, blanketing everything around you. The sun…

Warning: contents inside may be very depressing — I didn’t understand the sparkling water craze for a long time. When I took German classes in high school and college, I couldn’t believe that those weirdos drank “mineralwasser” over regular water. They think tap water is weird — along with ice! It made no sense to me. For the…

Some new, some old… — I’ve listened to a lot of music this year. Most of it was live. Traveling the country and helping to put on over 100 shows in 2022, I saw a TON of live music… Sadly, I didn’t get to listen to a ton of music outside of those shows. Alas…

If China is so eager to do it, we should want the opposite — In recent years, China has begun issuing its currency in a digital format. The country has provided a laundry list of reasons why it is doing this, namely that it is cheaper and makes counterfeiting more difficult. The real reason, though, is so they have even more of a stranglehold…

Sorry — you’re not getting a piece of the golden asteroid — In late 2023, NASA plans to visit a 140-mile-wide asteroid that is estimated to be worth $10,000 quadrillion thanks to its plentiful supply of gold, iron, and nickel. That is a number that doesn’t make sense to many people. …