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Depressing

Ben Rasmusen — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:52:58 +0000

Am I the only one that finds these images depressing? Or am I wrong in feeling this? I need out!

Update: This keeps getting better and better. Now it’s what seems to be a racism and religion mix. Keep ‘em coming Colorado Springs!

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Biking to work

Ben Rasmusen — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:47:05 +0000

Here is my new route to work on my bike thanks to Google maps. Biking to work has been great so far, three weeks and counting (ok, minus a couple days). The beneifts (excercise, money, reduced stress) far outweigh the lamenesses (rain showers and resulting mud splatters).

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Hawaiian Shirt Friday - Launched!

Ben Rasmusen — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:44:11 +0000

Hawaiian Shirt Friday (HSF) is nothing new.Â But the website is!Â Check it out at www.hsfriday.com.Â If you’re wearing a Hawaiian shirt today head on over there and vote, and if not… well shame on you, but go check it out anyway and get the word out.Â We’ll be adding new features to it soon.Â HHSF! (Happy Hawaiian Shirt Friday, duh)

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Debt & Consumerism

Ben Rasmusen — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:27:18 +0000

Some of you may already be following the series on Investing for Young Adults over at ryanwaggoner.com.Â The series was started right around the time Noah was born so I’ve been slowly catching up.Â If you’re at all interested in investing or financial health you should hop on over and check it out.Â You won’t regret it and regardless of where you are in life you can learn something new up from the series.Â Here is a taste of Part 2: Financial Health, these are just a couple parts that really jumped out at me.

The foundation of all wealth-building is this: spend less than you earn and invest the difference wisely. It is impossible to increase your net worth and provide for the future if you spend everything you make, or more.

If you remember nothing else from this entire series, remember this: consumer debt is financial cancer. Consumer debt includes credit cards, payday loans, auto loans, and basically any debt used to finance anything other than an investment. It may seem innocent enough to finance that new car for just $300 / month, but when you go into debt, youâ€™re betting your future. The borrower is slave to the lender. If you canâ€™t afford to pay cash, donâ€™t buy it. This is a simple rule to grasp, but very difficult to follow, especially in our current frenzy of consumerism.

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Noah Bradley Rasmusen

Ben Rasmusen — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:39:10 +0000

He’s here! Right on his due date at 4:08pm April 2nd, 2007. He weighs in at 8lbs 3oz, 22″ long and a big 14″ head. Thank you everyone for all your support!

More pictures here.

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Worst Spare Tire

Ben Rasmusen — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:12:33 +0000

(apologies for the poor quality due to zoom on camera phone)

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Nursery Completed

Ben Rasmusen — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:03:56 +0000

The nursery is finally complete.Â Well, as far as the furniture and supplies go, we’re still missing the most important part which is due pretty much any day now.

I wanted to thank everyone for their gifts as well as support through the pregnancy, we have been truly blessed.

Here are a few pictures of the completed nursery for your perusal.

P.S. Building childrens furniture is quite difficult, I always thought it was a bit cliched how they always portrayed the building of the crib as a crazy ordeal.Â But, I can now attest to it being a lot more difficult than I could have imagined.Â I only had to disassemble it a couple times.

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The Dentist

Ben Rasmusen — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:45:25 +0000

This morning I had my six month date with the dentist.Â Amber went first this time.Â She is very diligent with her dental hygiene, definitely more than I am.Â So it was quite a surprise to both of us when after her cleaning they informed her she might have two small cavities.Â They said she had great teeth and was doing a great job taking care of them but there were two cavities under her sealantsÂ that they were unable to catch earlier.Â It really freaked me out since I was next and am not as careful with my teeth as I should be.

Let me say right off that bat that in my 24 years of life I have never had a cavity, so the thought of getting one really scares me.Â I think it’s partly due to the fear of the unknown, but I think I also feel that since I’ve made it this far I have a reputation to uphold, even if it’s just a self-imposed one.Â Anyway, I went through the cleaning process just waiting for them to find something that would indicate a cavity.Â Fortunately there wasn’t anything, but they did have a couple teeth they “wanted to keep an eye on” which worries me.

Â This latest experience with the dentist has started me thinking.Â It’s crazy that even with all the care you can give to your teeth, you can still get cavities.Â I was raised in a family that put a lot of emphasis on taking care of our teeth, and although we only went to the dentist every couple of years my siblings and I never had many dental issues. Â I started to wonder how much more I could do to take care of my teeth.Â I don’t drink much soda, and I don’t really like candy (or anything sweet, really) so I don’t eat it very often.Â The only thing I can think of is to make sure I brush more often.Â I’m going to leave my standard-dentist-issue toothbrush at the office and try to start brushing after lunch as well as before bed.Â We’ll see if I can make it a couple more years without any cavities.

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New RSS

Ben Rasmusen — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:38:11 +0000

In an effort to better track the readers of my blog I have updated my RSS feeds to run through feedburner. I am using the WordPress FeedBurner Plugin by OrderedList so the actual URL’s shouldn’t have changed. Let me know if you have any issues with it though. Thanks! If you want to feed on my content get your fill:

Feed on the Articles Feed on the Comments

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g ben rasmusen

Ben Rasmusen — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:58:07 +0000

After reading an article on how your online footprint might affect real world situations such as getting a job, I did a quick google search for ‘ben rasmusen‘ and was surprised and pleased to find that the first 5 results were all relevant to me and for the most part not embarrassing. Some are rather mundane (such as all the meetup.com results) but it’s nice that my personal website was number one on the list. I also did a search for just ‘rasmusen‘; on this search (of course being a bit broader) I didn’t show up until the 12th result on the second page. I’m not sure if the ease of finding out about me is cool or scary.