Mild Amusement

A while back, the Mild Wife and I were trying to figure out where to go for our honeymoon. We knew we wanted to have a leisurely trip, so we looked for places where we could lounge and take our days slowly. As it turned out, the actual process for booking our travel would end up causing a few laughs. Leisurely days immediately brought to mind the beach. This was probably doubly true because we had recently traveled to Miami at the time, and we had both enjoyed our time there. Well, maybe the Mild Wife enjoyed it more than I did, because she got to see more of the city and enjoy more of the beach than I did. Either way, though, the idea of being able to walk out to the beach seemed very appealing to us. So, that was what we targeted. A return trip to somewhere in the Caribbean seemed pretty ideal. Now, we just so happened to get married in late summer/early autumn. That happens to be hurricane season in that part of the world, so in an attempt to plan ahead, we chose to delay our h...

Lately, the Mild Wife and I have been trying to be better about budgeting. Luckily for us, there's no impending costs that forced this on us, nor are we struggling to make payments. We just want to save up for big costs faster. Since it's not likely that we're going to win the lottery any time soon (it's particularly hard when you don't purchase tickets), we figured we're try to be more efficient about the money that we already make. Basically, try to put money more towards the savings categories than the spending ones. It's worth noting that we're not really doing anything fancy in order to try to shift our habits. We didn't subscribe to new alerts on every credit card and bank account, we didn't hire a financial advisor, nor did we invent a new algorithm for how to put money away. We just started by tracking what we spend. Basically, we decided that we had categories, and we were allowed to spend a certain amount in each category. We have a...

Dancing is one of those activities that brings out a lot of emotion. It can be a source of some trepidation, it can be rewarding, and it can inspire happiness in other people (in some cases, all in the same night ). For other people, they just straight up like to dance, and you can see pure joy on their faces when they do it. If you've ever seen a group of people dancing in a circle, you know what I mean. There's usually laughter, and occasionally, someone busts out a move that draws a collective gasp of amusement . Basically, no one really dances with a stoic look on their face. One way or the other, you get something. That makes it prime for some mild amusement. As it turns out, though, the old school dance moves tend to be especially prone to providing some amusement. One of the funniest things I've ever heard came from a guy a little older than me referring said dance moves. First, a little background detail: we were both volunteering at a gym to help with logistics...

Everyone has favorite foods. It's only natural, given that you've eaten a ton of meals over the course of your life, and there are decent odds that they haven't all been perfectly identical to each other. There is bound to be some variation over the course of those meals, and everyone gravitates to one of those variations. It doesn't matter what that variation is, it's different than the others and that's the one you like. There's no shame in that, and that's why we all have favorite foods. In my case, ceviche takes the top spot . That's one of those foods that I never tire of, and I would probably eat it every day if I had the choice. I don't know if I can pinpoint the reasons for that, all I know is that it's my favorite dish. For example, if you took the very same fish and served it to me in a poke bowl , I would enjoy it but I wouldn't call it my favorite food. The same is true if you took the same basic recipe and swapped out the m...