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My understanding of Supply and Demand is that if someone demands a product, and someone else supplies that product, the two agree on a reasonable price and a transaction is completed. When this process is broken, however, supply is unavailable and thus the economy falls into an abyss.
The Pepsi machines at work have been out [...]

Imagine you’re driving in a 40MPH zone, innocently enough, passing the slower vehicles at 45MPH. Why their speeds are varying from 30 to 40 you don’t quite understand, but you pass them anyway.
You finally work your way up to the front of a pack of vehicles and are almost free and clear, when your progress [...]

As many of you are aware, Japan has one of the hottest street-racing scenes in the world. This is due to a variety of factors as I have witnessed in person: In Japan, cars are much more lightweight due to fewer unneccessary safety devices; cops rarely patrol the highways (at least on Okinawa); citizens are [...]

So, I had just parked my car and was walking toward the house when a neighbor said “Nice car”. J hypothesized that the neighbor must have bad eyes, being old, and must have thought it was a Lamborghini. So there I was thinking I have a car that may or may not look like a [...]

Some of you will recall my earlier posts about the car I bought which looks like a Lamborghini. Unfortunately, I tried to finance the car on bad credit. Something about not trusting people who had a repo.
So, after a week of deliberation and four instances in which I was told I was approved (past-tense), they [...]

Already this car is causing me headaches. Sure, it’s fun; but is it economical?
Arguments for “No”:
- Down payment split across six weeks; six payments of $500. Last chunk of the “financed down payment” coincides with first real payment. I make $980 a week, but I’m taking this Thursday off to yell at the trash men [...]

So, I took my first road trip in the new sports car. I went up and visited Dad, then took a drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Evidently the toll station is closed at night and I can “please proceed” for free. So J and I went up to Long’s Peak and may very well [...]

In accordance with my aforementioned schedule, Week 3 was to be Laptop-buying week. However, due to some turmoil over what hardware can and can’t be trusted, I’ll be delaying that until it becomes essential.
Instead, I’ve bumped Week 4 up and bought a shiny red sports car (2000 Toyota Celica GT Liftback 2D). I got what [...]