Author: Erik Williams

Whilst researching NC DMV registration fees, I discovered that the numbers on their site to register a personalised plate didn't exactly add up to what they're wanting on the renewal bill. It turns out that NC DMV is increasing their fees starting 1 Jul 2020 to the tune of at least $2.75 on a personalised plate. Now, you'd think I'd discover this unfortunate news on their website…a press release, an indicator that fees were going…

Today's trip down memory lane comes from the back of Dad's house in Port Orange in November 2006. Mind you, this was many years after the crops of corn and other vegetables he would help grow on Grandpa's farm in Hutsonville IL. Grandpa's farm wasn't huge by the corporate farming standards of today but it was a decent and respectable size and that with his job as a turbine operator at Central Illinois Power helped…

With all of the protests and civil unrest going on recently , this public statement from former SecDef and Marine Corps General James Mattis may well have flown under most people's radar. But the fact that General Mattis has broken with the usual tradition for retired military officers to avoid the appearance of violating Article 88 (contempt toward officials) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is rather shocking, to say the least. And…

Yes…even knowing Katie was going to be all eye-rolly and NERD, there was no way I wasn’t going to have the live feed from Pad 39A on the TV. But I can’t be the only one amused at the names of the astronauts… ;)

It's not often I get to tell Bob Murray of Murray Energy where he can file his Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan (here's a hint…it's a rather notorious orifice!), thoroughly reject Santander Consumer USA's completely inadequate response to my consumer complaint a couple of months ago, and at the same time suggest that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is at best a paper tiger with no interest in actually regulating bad actors in the financial services…

Sometimes it is just a matter of perspective of experiencing the bitter makes one appreciate the sweetness when it comes round. Lindsey truly gets it. It might be hard to remember at times but perspective is always the key! (Look up her “String Sessions” duet with Amy Lee of Evanescence if you don’t believe me. The song was amazing but the interview afterward even more so…) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uSWXKh9JpY&feature=youtu.be