Welcome to The Waiting Room, a place no one really wants to be in but is a necessary evil if you want to get the appropriate medical/financial care. I hope this latest offering can help you bide the time. I received the following submission from a fellow radiologist, Cullen Ruff, MD, FACR, through […]
“The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.” ~ Doris Rowland In most households, the automobile is typically the second most expensive item purchased (with the purchase of a home taking the obvious top spot). Although it is just a contraption to technically get us from point A to […]
Before you think that Suze Orman has somehow hijacked my blog, let me explain. The average lifespan of a man in the United States currently is hovering around 76.1 years. That works out to 27,776.5 days + 19 extra days for Leap Years for a grand total of 27,795.5 days or 40,025,520 minutes. […]
Growing up, chess was one of the board games I absolutely loved. What appealed to me most about this game was that it truly required you to think several moves ahead. A seemingly innocuous move made by your opponent could in actuality initiate a trap that only gets sprung several moves later […]
For those unfamiliar with the show “Deal Or No Deal” it is essentially a game show hosted by Howie Mandel where the contestant chooses 1 out of 26 briefcases that contain various amounts of money from $0.01 to $1M. Every round requires the contestant to open a given number of remaining cases. At […]
For those not familiar with Dollywood (not to be confused with Bollywood the hub of Indian cinema), it is a fairly large amusement park tucked in the the hills near beautiful Gatlinburg, Tennessee, created by the famous country singer, Dolly Parton. I happened to visit Dollywood a couple of times in 2018 and […]
In my previous post, The Ultimate (Financial) Mousetrap, I started chronicling my journey through the most expensive magical place on earth, Disney World, which comprised just a short segment in the Xrayvsn Family Spring 2019 plans. The bulk of our vacation was the 4-night Disney Caribbean cruise aboard the Disney Magic which will […]
Last year, 2018, was a strange year for me. It was the first time in a very long time where I did not take any true vacation days. Apart from the day off a week I had scheduled, I ended up working 52 weeks straight. Launching a blog during 2018 also consumed a […]
Index Of The Seven Deadly Sins Links: Luxuria/Luxury Gula/Gluttony Avarita/Greed Acedia/Sloth Ira/Wrath Invidia/Envy Superbia/Pride Although popularized by the epic poem, The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) by Dante, the classification of the Seven Deadly Sins had an even earlier origin. The version I am using as the basis of this series of […]
Index Of The Seven Deadly Sins Links: Luxuria/Luxury Gula/Gluttony Avarita/Greed Acedia/Sloth Ira/Wrath Invidia/Envy Superbia/Pride Although popularized by the epic poem, The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) by Dante, the classification of the Seven Deadly Sins had an even earlier origin. The version I am using as the basis of this series of […]
