January 2008
5 posts
Explaining Income Taxes with Beer
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
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Growing Up Brady
Today I had a wonderful flight. It was my first 25NM solo flight, that means it was the first time that I took off by myself, flew to a destination by myself and then returned by myself.
There isn’t a lot to say about it. It was fun, I was safe, I landed well, I took off well, I used my checklists and I talked to myself as though my instructors were in the plane.
This it the one fun thing… and...
Spirit Airlines Is A Bad Company!
Ok, i’ll join the hundreds and thousands of people who have blogged about what a rip off Spirit airlines is.. so here is my story:
In January 2007, I purchased four round trip first class tickets for my family on Spirit airlines to the Grand Cayman’s for a vacation from February 9th thru February 17th. I purchased the scam trip insurance from Travel Guard (accidentally).
Due to weather we were...
Happy Belated Birthday To Me!
2 days ago was my birthday and I had a flight scheduled which was supposed to be my first solo flight. If you are reading this and you aren’t familiar with flying lingo, a “first solo” means the first time that a student pilot flies without an instructor in the plane.
Most student pilots from my understanding prize the first solo so much that it fits in well with life events such as: * Birth *...
Mitzvot.com
Mitzvot dot com is my new project… no it’s not live, in fact it’s not even in development yet, I bought the domain for a few thousand dollars recently (what a steal), but after having a few conversations with my wife about problems that day schools and other small/non-technically savvy organizations have, I decided that me owning mitzvot dot com must be more than a chance… it’s an opportunity to...