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We all have our daily chores to do. I am always joking with my wife about whether doing our daily chores actually accomplishes something – or whether it is an exercise in futility (much like the old adage: shoveling sand against the tide).

Here are a few examples:

Cutting the grass: OK, it does grow (in fact, the greater Seattle area is considered to have a very long growing season – similar to Atlanta). So what do we do? We cut it.

Now, some of us have very elaborate tools for this. A few of my friends have riding lawn mowers. So you get to sit while you are cutting rather than having...