This is part of the recurring $ave Money Series, describing underappreciated ways to save money without significant effort. You can find all of them here, which I will update as I post more. Note, this post contains an affiliate link to Vroom. My first car was a mid-1980’s Volvo Tank, which became mine as a […]
My first quarterly newsletter, 6 months in the making, was sent out around noon central time yesterday. If you didn’t see it, check your spam. I apparently don’t understand Mailchimp, and sent it with the title “Test” — I then resent it and I think it still had the word “test” in the title. Ugh. […]
Over the past couple weeks, our family had a nice equilibrium. Things were not stress free or work free — the kids still pushed some buttons, I was frequently up to midnight because of a work deadline (when I was not already up late because of an ER shift), and my wife traveled for 4+ […]
I thought I would take a break from alienating readers with posts about politics, and instead talk about sheep. Yes, sheep. Yes, I mean you. And me. And the average American consumer. We are all sheep. This is an entry in the $ave Money Series. Click here to see a page with all of them […]
I wrote this a couple weeks ago and sent it to the New York Times as an op-ed. Surprisingly, they did not publish it, and I did not have the energy to send it to anyone else. I instead provide it for you here, which I suppose is the point of having my own blog. […]
Taking a Stand I’ve always stood for the anthem. I was only taught, however, to put my hand over my heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. This has caused my wife great consternation, as she keeps telling me you are supposed to do so. Mostly out of stubbornness, I’ve refused to change my ways, since […]