In an online forum I read (focused mostly on finance related topics but occasionally veering into politics and news), someone started a discussion with the title “Quick way to make a half million” — the original post is below (in italics). Cops in Salt Lake screwed up and arrested a nurse. But half a million? […]
2 Things I Read For You — Nov 7, 2017
This is TL;DR (Too Long, Didn’t Read) Tuesdays, where I summarize two interesting articles from the InterWebs. Slightly different than roundups on other blogs, I’ll tell you what you need to know about the article and discuss its significance. This concept is inspired by my father, who sends everyone in the family articles links by […]
$ave Money: Buy & Sell A Car Online from Vroom
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 […]
Am I A Hypocrite?
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. […]
Disrupting the Equilibrium
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+ […]
$ave Money: Buy A Mattress Online from Saatva
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 […]