Misc

We’ve done some nice home upgrades these past few months. Newly painted walls. New wallpaper. New vacuum. New decorations in our front room. Cleaning out our utility closet. Many of these left us with some perfectly functional but used old household items and arrangements. Even more so than making money, I feel wasteful throwing away

For some strange reason, I have a lot of fun in tracking and managing finances. I was taught young to save and invest, and the flexibility that being consistent there will enable. While I’ve got some opportunities to do the investing piece better, I think I’ve got the savings part down pretty good. The biggest

The goal is to share my personal reflections with our deeply flawed US healthcare system. And even with its flaws, it’s the system we have, and should be taken advantage to maximize benefits for its participants. To take advantage, though, one has to reasonably understand how it works. Obviously avoid getting hurt, but healthcare is

The goal of this post is not convince anyone on the merits or lack thereof on crypto, but reflect briefly on the current state of this wild and crazy marketplace. There is little that brings me more joy than seeing scams, scammers, and big cons go bust. I’m all for taking advantage of good deals,

The old advert jingle really sunk in, and in my time of need, they were there. I’ve used them for chip repairs in the past and know they’re solid. There’s nothing quite like the experience of leaving the annual inspection and oil change and having a giant crack on your windshield slowly expand mere feet

Timeshares certainly do have a bad wrap. I am the first to acknowledge that is an often deserved reputation, BUT if you play it right, there are some really good deals to be had. I’ve generally found I don’t spend meaningfully less as a result of timeshares, but I do have meaningfully nicer stays. Once