A Lesson in Batch-Task Efficiency: Middle School Spanish Class with Cute Girls

Middle school Spanish class was a blast. I was two rows from a window, with a clear shot into the courtyard. Between the window and me was a girl whom I probably had a crush on. (Ok, so I did.)  Let’s call her CrushGirl. Basically, Spanish class taught me to multitask…”If I’m going to be looking out the window, I might as well fawn over a cute girl while I’m at it.” Spanish...

How to Live Well on Less (A Short Rant)

Twitter is such a wonderful source of information for catalyzing conversations.  This post stems from a post linked to by someone on my Twitter follow list.  I don’t know who posted it, I just saw the title, got thinking, and now you have this… I think the idea of “living well with less” is terribly flawed. First, it presupposes that you should have more.  Perhaps even that you deserve, or...