289 dimes, 195 nickels and 405 pennies

That’s $42.70 if you’re keeping track.  And that’s how much change was sitting in a jar in my kitchen when I finally dragged it off to the supermarket and dumped it into the coinstar machine.  That’s right, I paid a big green box 8.9% of my...

Wider is better?

Have you noticed that just about every computer or TV screen has gone widescreen?  I’m not sure what portion of TV programming or movies comes in what aspect ratio, but I’m definitely seeing computer monitors expanding horizontally. There are some good...