I recently spent the morning cleaning up along the Willamette River. It was pretty boring work. Yet, nothing can compare to what I felt having helped beautify our city a little bit. I am a strong believer in helping others if only for the selfish reason that it makes me feel good. Therefore, I plan […]
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As with anything, whether Amazon Prime is worth your $99 per year depends on your situation. Brains Report generally recommends running cost/benefit analyses to determine if any purchase is worth your money. The cost is pretty simple to calculate: $99 (maybe cheaper if you find a deal). But, let’s look at the benefits and their […]
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I grew up with football. Every fall weekend going back as far as I can remember, we watched Michigan State Spartans and Detroit Lions football. I played from the age of 8 years old until I was 17. Football was always a big part of my late summer/early fall life. But, beginning this year, I […]
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Amazon, the greatest organization on Earth (and the main source of Brains Report’s income (please support us)), recently bought Whole Foods Market. They are probably best known for chopping up organic food, putting it in a plastic bag, and selling it to you for way too much. On Thursday (August 24, 2017), in a joint […]
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I have tremendous respect for vegetarians and vegans. Their diet is much more sustainable and environmentally-conscious than my slovenly ways. I just can’t live without my meats. Chicken, pork, beef, fish, squirrel. You name it. I’ll slather it in garlic, grill it up, and eat it. As a frugal person by nature (I’m Jewish and […]
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Somewhere around half of Americans would not be able to scrape together $1,000 in an emergency. We’re not talking about accessing payday loans or credit cards. Anyone can get money through these routes and pay two, three, or four times as much for the $1,000 emergency in the long run. I’m talking about having the […]
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As I write this (August 23rd), the price of a single Bitcoin is $4,273. This is about $1,500 more than it was just one month ago. MSN recently reported that in ten years, it will hit $100,000. Even Bill Gates is getting on board. If you have $100 to throw around, I strongly recommend that […]
Continue readingI can get really worked up about current events. No matter your political persuasion, there are media outlets that know how to rile you up with clickbait headlines. As we idly scroll through our news feeds, when we should probably be paying more attention to our loved ones, we see one article after another that […]
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Celebrate Your Successes I am a driven person. I am always looking for ways to be a better person and to serve others better. I know I’m not alone. Yet, as I set goals and achieve them, I rarely take time to stop and give thanks and celebrate successes. Part of living a happy life […]
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One Simple Trick to Make Your Day Ten Times Better The first thing I do each morning is make my wife a cup of espresso because she needs it to live but can’t make it herself. Next, I meditate. And, the third thing I do is journal. I guess that makes journaling the third most […]
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