Do a search for “best reasons to move to Austin” or “10 reasons to live in Austin” or “Austin vs Portland” or “Austin vs Seattle” and you’ll get a swarm of rehashed and regurgitated articles about how the city has low unemployment, good schools, nice weather, and even some hopelessly naive sentiments like “Austin people [...]… Read More
My First SpectraCell Micronutrient Results
April 16th, 2013I just received my first SpectraCell Micronutrient lab results. This is the test Timothy Ferris mentions in The 4-Hour Body. The test costs $400, but if you visit a clinic or doctor’s office to draw the blood they will probably charge you a consultation fee of close to $200. So skip the doctor and go [...]… Read More
Job Search Analysis: Hospitalist Jobs
November 19th, 2012The field of hospital medicine is one vibrant and growing profession. Hospitalists are one of the few groups of people who do not worry about a bad economy. Their career is recession-proof because of the increasing number patients that lose their health insurance through unemployment. When you do not have a regular doctor, you visit [...]… Read More
Know this before signing up for Earth Class Mail
July 26th, 2011
Today I canceled my Earth Class Mail account. When I signed up last year, my needs were simple. I just needed a place to see online who I am getting mail from. Most often I didn’t even need to open/scan the mail (which saved me $1.50 a pop). I could easily discern what mail needed what response just from knowing who sent it. As the weeks rolled on I was updating my address in more and places. Then I suddenly stopped to consider the cost to wean myself off of the service or to simply convert to another virtual post office (should a better company arise or Earth Class Mail decides to hike their rates). So what forwarding options do they provide to ex-customers? I searched their site and was shocked to read:… Read More