tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246142312024-03-07T15:28:45.846-08:00A Blog About Nothing<center>
George: <i>What about a blog about nothing?</i><br>
Jerry: <i>I think you may have something here...</i>
</center>Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-57242525305359203032020-10-25T18:00:00.000-07:002020-10-25T18:00:33.881-07:00My 8 Day FastI did an 8 day fast. Yes you read that correctly. I learned about taking control of my health with fasting, from my brother Benj. I've always had pretty bad allergies and hay fever, and one potential benefit of an extended fast is that it resets your immune system. So I thought I would try it out to see if it helped with my allergies or anything else. The first day I ate an avocado, andNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-47918271431695390222015-01-11T13:21:00.001-08:002015-01-11T13:21:03.512-08:00Where is the Phoenix Real Estate Market Headed in 2015?Here is an article that I wrote on my Phoenix real estate website about where the Phoenix real estate market is headed in 2015.
Of course no one really knows, but that's what blogs are for, right? :)Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-23268395596221107302012-01-15T21:26:00.000-08:002012-01-15T21:26:15.030-08:00Success
Things don't always go as planned.
Don't dwell on the past.
Learn from the past, plan for the future, but live in the present.
Don't dwell on the past.
Be here now.
I can only move forward.
What is the best way forward from this exact point in my life?
What are my assets?
What are my liabilities?
How can I best leverage my assets and overcome my liabilities?
How can I do the most good?
What goodNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-84463605606513197532011-07-13T23:17:00.000-07:002011-07-13T23:17:56.796-07:00Five Guys versus In-N-Out Burger
VERSUS
I have been an In-N-Out Burger aficionado for many years, and I've recently heard vague rumblings about different competitors such as Shake Shack and Five Guys Burgers and Fries popping up. I just tried out Five Guys for the first time, at Reagan National Airport in DC. Here is my head to head review:
Burger: Five Guys was actually a little better than In-N-Out! I liked the thickerNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-4273925976255561702011-07-08T08:28:00.000-07:002011-07-08T08:28:45.459-07:00Holocaust MuseumMatthew and I went to the Holocaust Museum at the Smithsonian, mainly because we'd been to the other museums before. We ended up spending quite a bit of time there on the tour. I most enjoyed the stories of the heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, such as the White Rose group. However, the thing that struck me the most, and that I still have trouble grasping, is how most of Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-3274003563513680882011-04-15T02:20:00.000-07:002011-04-15T03:31:00.696-07:00How To Appeal Your Property Tax Valuation In Maricopa County ArizonaTired of paying high property taxes? I just appealed my property tax valuation, so I thought I would share the steps for how to do it. This will only be helpful if you live in Maricopa County, AZ. (And actually our property taxes aren't that high compared to some states, but it's still a good idea to appeal if your valuation is inaccurate.)
There are two ways to appeal, administrative and Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-44284211030575253262010-07-29T00:09:00.000-07:002010-07-29T00:18:12.615-07:00The Ultimate DownpourWhen I showed up for ultimate frisbee tonight around 8 PM it was already raining steadily, but it was warm out so it felt pretty good. I joined the game, and after about 10 or 15 minutes it started raining pretty hard. I wasn't sure whether we would keep playing but we did. Then after another 10 minutes or so the real monsoon showed up and we got a torrential downpour. I literally couldn't see Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-89568739177112722542010-05-16T00:52:00.000-07:002010-05-16T01:07:34.347-07:00Citizen Kane"Rosebud..."I finally saw Citizen Cane, the so-called "greatest movie ever made". I thought it was interesting. But I think by "greatest movie" what they mean is "movie with the camera work and effects most ahead of it's time", or "movie involved in the most intriguing hollywood subplot in the 1940s", or "movie that we most like to discuss in cinematography 101". They definitely don't mean "most Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-38615853013834754812010-05-12T23:54:00.000-07:002010-05-12T23:59:06.867-07:00I'm Undecided On Proposition 100On May 18 we in Arizona will vote on Proposition 100. If passed, it will add a one cent sales tax, supposedly for only three years, that will generate about a billion dollars a year to help shore up Arizona's massive budget deficit.On the one hand, I'm usually against any raising of taxes. And "temporary" taxes have a tendency to become permanent. On the other hand, Arizona really needs the moneyNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-13729607059917685112010-04-30T12:36:00.001-07:002010-04-30T12:40:53.757-07:00Sound it out!My brother asked my 5 year old niece to make a list of fun things to do, and this is what she came up with, as spelled by her. I love it! I was able to translate each one, can you? It's kind of like that Mad Gab game...go swimeeggo to a reschotwoch a movyhav funplay the spanish gameol uv us get a pennybe niseplay with eech uthergo bulleeggo to the porkplay gamseet canndygo to chuckee cheese'sbee Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-67562898101143788712010-04-30T05:28:00.000-07:002010-04-30T05:52:46.797-07:00Firefox versus Google ChromeI love a lot of things about Firefox, including the extensions and the general slickness and innovativeness (is that a word?). But I have 2 problems with it:It takes forever to load.It's a huge memory hog.I hadn't tried Google Chrome since it first came out a couple years ago, but after seeing Google actually running commercials to promote it, I thought I would give it another try.Chrome is a Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-70169953922552338332010-03-23T22:03:00.000-07:002010-03-23T22:34:58.800-07:00To Kill a MockingbirdI had the book To Kill A Mockingbird on my shelf at home during all my growing up years, and I never read it. I finally picked it up yesterday, and didn't put it down until I finished it late last night. It is definitely a classic, deserving of all the accolades... but I felt like I knew the plot already. I think I've seen at least 3 or 4 movies with suspiciously similar plots, as well as Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-31797161500138348522010-03-10T23:21:00.001-08:002010-03-10T23:31:41.183-08:00The Last Pan PizzaWhen I was in high school one of my favorite foods was Pizza Hut Meat Lovers Pizza, on the "Pan" style crust. In recent years, however, I haven't had any Pizza Hut pizza, because I've become somewhat OCD about overly greasy foods. I don't eat Big Macs and various other greasy foods anymore either.Today in my junk mail I got a pizza hut flyer, and they were offering that deal for any pizza, any Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-13393370087460332182010-02-12T22:40:00.000-08:002010-02-12T22:55:02.486-08:00Chuck versus PsychI watched several episodes of these 2 shows, Chuck and Psych, while I was at home over Christmas. And I recently caught up with a few more recent episodes on hulu. Here's my take.First Chuck: I really really hated the first episode of the new season. At the end of the previous season, they had a lot of interesting plot lines going, with Chuck and Sarah hooking up, and Morgan pursuing his lifelongNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-61474692064409378022010-02-06T23:09:00.000-08:002010-02-06T23:21:24.249-08:00More Sandwich TalkThis is a photo response to Benj's post about sandwiches.Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-47134293174461856492010-01-27T23:57:00.000-08:002010-01-28T18:50:36.056-08:00The Best Off-Site Backup SolutionI did some research on backup solutions recently, so I thought I would share some of what I learned.I already had some processes in place for backing up my files locally. Of those, I think Norton Ghost is the best, and PC Backup is lousy. Of the free solutions, GBridge is interesting.But with all my backup data in the same house as my primary data, I was worried about losing everything in case ofNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-85445610699106727692010-01-07T22:41:00.000-08:002010-01-07T22:52:49.802-08:00Why Won't Firefox Remember My Username?I was about to get a little bit miffed, but I finally figured out why firefox wouldn't remember (auto-complete) my username on a couple of sites that I use constantly. Turns out that if you have more than one username saved for a given site, then firefox doesn't know which one to fill in, so it doesn't fill in anything. That doesn't explain why it wouldn't do the normal auto-complete (after I Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-55634144257881356222009-12-25T22:38:00.000-08:002009-12-26T11:07:27.415-08:00A PLAN for replacing the BCSWhen I recently wrote about BCS-Gate, I was really just venting my anger at the ridiculous monopolist weasels that run the BCS, rather than providing solutions. But Dan Wetzel over at Yahoo Sports has done a little better, not only presenting a plan for a college football playoff system (which has been done before), but also providing great answers to many of the bogus BCS arguments against a Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-16372761775784372162009-10-30T01:29:00.000-07:002009-10-30T01:38:56.184-07:00Project Implicit ResultsI took Harvard's Project Implicit test, which is supposed to measure your religious biases, and the results are below. Interestingly, the results are what I might have guessed beforehand, but after taking the test I would have been pretty sure that I did not betray any bias towards anything. So I guess that means the test was able to burrow into my subconscious and get at my true feelings. Or Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-83496941491528792602009-10-28T23:10:00.000-07:002009-10-28T23:25:28.598-07:00Under Armour ReviewI've been meaning to buy some Under Armour for a while, and I finally got around to it last week. I checked it out at the mall first, and thought "Ouch, $65 for an under shirt!" Then I looked online, and really didn't find anything too much cheaper. I ended up getting this long sleeve shirt on ebay for $49 including shipping.What's so great about Under Armour? It's supposed to be "sweat-shedding Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-43579196528805976592009-09-02T23:00:00.000-07:002009-09-02T23:19:37.420-07:00Cubs Win... Holy Cow!I spent a few days in Chicago last week. Even though I'm from Missouri, it was only my second time being in Chicago. It's about a seven hour drive from where I'm from in Missouri.My first visit was at Christmas a few years ago, when my family went to see Les Mis. The main thing I remembered from that visit was that Chicago parking is really expensive.I was with my friend Jeff, and he pointed out Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-83096484139837925872009-07-05T16:19:00.000-07:002009-07-05T16:31:04.063-07:00Your firearms are useless against them!I noticed what looked like water damage on the ceiling in one of my rental houses. There was a strip about 4 feet long, in the seam between 2 sheets of drywall.There is a bathroom on the floor above, but I couldn't see anything that might be leaking upstairs, so I had my handyman Nick cut open the ceiling. He called me up, and said "Uhhh... it's not water." It was some sort of waxy substance, andNate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-33114676792222578032009-06-09T10:22:00.000-07:002009-06-09T10:45:06.527-07:00Angel's LandingOn my recent trip to Zion National Park, one of the hikes I went on was Angel's Landing. This was actually the 3rd or 4th time I've done that hike. I love it because it has great views all the way up, and the best view at the end. Also because it is somewhat strenuous and mildly dangerous, so you feel like you've accomplished something when you make it to the top. Check out the footage below to Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-12703601937011004242009-06-09T10:09:00.000-07:002009-06-09T10:20:53.141-07:00Short and Sweet Voice Mail Greeting (Sprint)When I posted a while back about 10 annoyances, number 3 on the list was:When I'm trying to leave a voice mail and I have to sit through a long obnoxious automated message, such as "The caller you are attempting to reach is not available. At the tone I will take your message, or press 5 to page this person. Press 6 to leave a call back number. When you are finished with your message, if you are Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24614231.post-4504893168094018792009-04-08T04:00:00.000-07:002009-04-08T04:04:01.459-07:00Remote Control Your PC... For FREE!I've tried out GoToMyPC a few times over the years, and I always thought it was very cool, but I never needed it enough to pay $20 per month.I recently came across a provider of a similar technology called LogMeIn, and this one has a free version! It seems to work just as well as GoToMyPC. Check it out!Nate Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581099679193605370noreply@blogger.com2