unculturedswine

“I got a raise at work today!”

“Awesome! How much?”

“One dollar more per hour.”

“Sweet! So what are you up to now?”

“Fourteen an hour. I’m pretty stoked.”

“Nice!”

Once upon a time, not too long ago, conversations about hourly wages followed along those lines. Even today, wages are still compensated at either an hourly rate ($14/hr) or a yearly salary ($60K/yr). Well, I propose today that those olden phrases be replaced with something new, something hip, something now.

I drive a 4-door sedan with a 3.0L V6 engine. On the freeway I get about 28mpg. Therefore, if I drive one hour at 65mph I will use 2.3 gallons of gas. At (lowballing) $4.00/gallon, that means it costs me $9.20/hour to drive my car. Thankfully, I earn more per hour working than I spend per hour driving. But what if you drive an SUV?

65 miles / 14mpg = 4.6 gallons per hour (gph), 4.6gph * $4 = $18.40/hr

Where do you fall? Do you make more per hour working? Or do you spend more per hour driving? When you go to buy that new car or SUV, maybe focus a little on how much per hour it will cost you to drive it and see if your wages match, maybe just looking at the sticker price and monthly payment isn’t enough anymore.

I wake up early, generally by 6:15 on weekdays. To do this I use an alarm, not surprising. I do struggle waking up at first alarm though, so I purposefully set it about 20 minutes earlier so I can snooze a few times. Do you know how long I get to snooze for? Nine minutes. And that’s not just special because of my alarm clock; I’ve noticed 9 minutes is the snooze standard on just about every alarm clock. Who decided that? What’s wrong with 10? Was there some study done that said at 9 minutes it won’t wake you out of a deep slumber, but at 10 it will wrench you out of REM sleep? Can someone enlighten me on this? How long does your clock snooze for? I actually used to do the math in High School, if I had to get up at 6:45 I would set the alarm either 18 or 27 minutes early. I didn’t want to have to get up even 3 minutes before I had to. OCD anyone?

My family has a cat that’s immortal. Really. He just showed up one day, many many years ago, and honestly hasn’t aged. He lives down on Fort Creek where we lived for a long time, and it’s the house that my brother lives in now. I call him Buddy, but he also goes by Jonfers… or something like that. We’ve had him at least 15 years I think, but he was full grown he showed up decided to grace us with his presence.

He’s special. He only drinks his milk from a cup. How does a cat drink from a cup, you ask? Click the picture to find out…