No one in this world rants as ridiculously as my grandfather does.  Pick a topic, anything, and the man could get started.  More likely than not, his rants included strange throwback insults and a few curse words for color.  Nothing sets him off like the Yankees, whether they were winning or losing it didn't really matter.  Anything that they didn't do perfectly was met with a "Poo, you bastard!"

The following are some of my Grandpa's classic rants directed at weathermen, commercials, TV shows he doesn't understand, and me.

I love volunteering.  I see it as a win-win: good for you and good for the organization you're volunteering with.  But sometimes, life gets in the way and we don't have as much time as we would like to donate.  Or money.  That's something I tend to be short on.  I knew there had to be another way to make a difference from my desk.

I scoured the World-Wide-Web and found these 4 ways you can help make a greater change while snuggled deep under the covers and binge watching your series of choice or simply by opening an extra tab on your work computer.

I'll admit it.  On a rainy day I love sitting on the couch watching Netflix.  I love it so much I want to marry it.  How did I function before marathon viewing?  While the occasional rainy Netflix-filled day isn't so bad in the summer, sometimes I get a wee bit restless and the last thing I want to do is be stuck indoors.

There is one catch though: I'm cheap.  I like free.  Anything free, I like.  Here's a list of ideas that are guaranteed to get you out of the house and interacting out there in that great wide world, all under $5!