Facebook, Electric Shocks, and Friendship
Depending on your generation, online presence, and celebrity status, you may have upwards of 2,000 friends. At least on Facebook. But I...
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Ry Edwards
Sep 19, 20166 min
Raising Children is Un-American
Have you read The Ridiculous cost of Raising Children, yet? It's unbelievable isn't it? How can you afford to pay $4,450? Well, you...
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Ry Edwards
Sep 12, 20162 min
The Ridiculous Cost of Raising children
It’s funny to think that money has power. It’s just paper. Actually, nowadays, it’s just numbers continually counting up and down, up...
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Ry Edwards
Sep 5, 20163 min
Value! Now that's a Good Deal.
My best friend, Allen, and I were in the living room when my mom came in and asked what we were doing. "We're trading Baseball cards!" I...
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Ry Edwards
Sep 1, 20162 min
Labels are Simple; Change is Hard
When we label things, we group them based on similar characteristics. Like Trees. Trees are a basic category. All trees share similar...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 29, 20165 min
Idealism Part 3 - Falling Short
Remember what you always wanted to do in life? Have you done it? Are you a teacher? racecar driver? video game developer? pastor?...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 26, 20166 min
Idealism Part 2 - Finding your Favorites.
Having a litter-free street is not my only ideal. If the whole world were litter-free, it wouldn't significantly impact my life. ...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 25, 20163 min
Idealism - Define "Environmentalist"
Have you ever picked up an empty beer bottle off of the street to throw into a trash can? Well, ideally, you would never have to do that...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 24, 20163 min
What is Character?
Character is a collection of attributes or "characteristics" that describe you. You could say things like, "I have brown eyes" or "I'm...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 23, 20163 min
Character: It's what makes life worth living
Think of your group of friends. What do all of your friends have in common? What makes them unique? Can you think of two of your...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 22, 20163 min
Slave Culture
Imagine you're a slave. You're woken in the morning. You eat what you're allowed to take. You go to your project and begin to work. ...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 19, 20164 min
Getting Inked VS Getting INC'ed
Today, I want to compare the sometimes perceived "dangerous" sub culture (which arguably is becoming more mainstream) of Tattooing to the...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 18, 20167 min
Trapped in the Pyramid - A Thriller
I'm grateful for the experience of going through the MLM presentation. I learned a lot about 1. How to recognize something as a MLM 2....
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Ry Edwards
Aug 17, 20165 min
Corporate America - A Much Safer Scheme
Coming out of college, I had no clue how to market my skills. My biggest problems were that I didn't know my audience, the market, or my...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 16, 20164 min
MLM - Pyramid Schemes
When I was 22, I got a call about an "opportunity" for an entry-level "management" position in the "healthcare" industry. (sorry for...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 15, 20164 min
Building the Pyramids
When I was a boy, my mother brought me to summer classes for kids at Brown College. The first class I took was "Clowning". Yep. I went...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 12, 20162 min
What Can't You Do Today?
The point of "The Lottery" sermon (from yesterday's post) was to make you question "Are you living your life like you won the lottery?"...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 11, 20164 min
The Lottery! The Cause of (and Solution To) all of Life's Problems.
So if you don't want to invest and wait around, then what do you do? Enter: The Dream YOU COULD WIN THE LOTTERY!!! Ah, yes. The Lottery....
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Ry Edwards
Aug 10, 20162 min
The Millionaire Mindset
"I'd trade ANYTHING to be a Millionaire!!!" - every single 9-year-old in America. When you were a little kid, you probably asked your...
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Ry Edwards
Aug 9, 20163 min
Strength of the Trade - and the Monday Tax
“Anybody got any 3’s??? Looks like Lenny’s going fishing…” -Lenny from "That Thing You Do!" Are you paid by the hour? Do you have to...
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