Admit it! You drink too much coffee! You need water! I don’t drink enough water. I know it’s healthy, and it’s certainly free, but I always lean toward coffee during my day. Coffee’s expensive and the extra calories and sugars add up, too. I...
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but a few beers a year (or some booze) will keep you sane. You’re a teacher. No one deserves quality booze cheap more than you–except maybe Mall Santa. I love good wine and beer. I don’t enjoy as many...
Are you a broke teacher with a sad classroom library? Make friends with the librarian. Every year, I restocked my classroom library, going to bookstores, looking for used books on Amazon, and spending up a storm. I always lost a ton of books–the best books...
Want to see the world but too broke to travel? Maybe not! Getting a hotel room doesn’t need to break the bank or force you to plan fifty years in advance. “Get a room on Hotel Tonight,” said my friend. I travel to New York for Job 2 from time to...
Beans, beans the magical fruit… Actually, they’re not a fruit, they’re a legume, but who cares? They taste good. You could buy beans for a buck or two a can, but they’d taste like the aluminum they’re canned in. You can do better. Make...
Warm up with some chili today for pennies a pot… Chili’s a standby for a cold winter day or a summer picnic. It’s the quintessential freeze-for-later meal savior and a good, solid, clean-out-the-fridge staple. You can make chili out of nearly...
