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?…
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…
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…
A Parable, Featuring Rogue One The Scene: 7am, Tuesday morning. Rogue One (8 years old) woke up multiple times overnight scared of something. He ended up in our bed after waking us up several times (by successfully annoying us enough to end up in our bed). I’ve already been up and helped my wife get…
Two weeks ago I mentioned the beginning of my charitable donations from the blog — 10% of all blog revenue will be donated to charity.. Between donations from the blog, our 8-year old son, my wife, and me, we’ve now donated to Hurricane Harvey relief twice. Part of that went to H-E-B disaster relief, and part to…
