Hating on Valentines Day

This morning I had to wake up at 3:30am in order to catch a 6am flight for work. On my way home the night before I had stopped to get flowers for Jeannette and Baylee, balloons for Baylee and Jaxon. Knowing I'd be leaving early my devised plan was to have everything set up on the counter and ready to be found when the fam crawled out of bed. Not wanting to wake any of them up at that ungodly hour, I slept on the couch. 

Is anyone else as cheap as I am?

Last night we traveled two hours north of New York City to Bard College in Annandale, NY. This was our first venture out of the five boroughs, so we were in need of gas.  Making it through the Lincoln Tunnel into New Jersey, after the skyline was behind us, I started looking for a gas station. 

The first couple stations were passed by because they didn't look to have much of a food/beverage selection. Finally seeing one that seemed to have plenty of coffee, I pulled in. Upon stopping, a guy came up to the car and asked, "How much?"

"Oh, I can do it myself. Thank you though." 

His look let me know how dumb he thought I was. "It's full service. You can't pump it."

Why it is awesome that Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man

In 2010 Bill Gates lost his title of being the richest man in the world.

He didn't loose this title on account of Apple being amazing (Yes, I'm an Apple kool-aid drinker now).
He didn't loose it on account of the Windows 7 Phones not really taking off (though I have played around with one and I think they are awesome).

He lost the title because he gave away money.

He used to be worth around 88 billion dollars.
Now he is worth around 49 billion dollars.
The guy has given away 28 billion dollars of his fortune!
(the other 11 billion probably does have something to do with Mac kicking Window's butt).

Around 1/3 of his wealth...given away!

Sure, we're talking billions here, not thousands.  But come on, to give away that amount of money is still truly amazing.

If he's going to lose the title of "Richest Man in the World" for this reason, I don't think he really lost anything.

I got paid today.
The offering plate will be passed on Sunday.
I'll walk by homeless on the city streets between now and then.

Hhhhhmmmm.

As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury.
He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins.
“Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth;
but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”
Luke 21:1-4