Hey, groovy freedomist. It’s a new year and a new season of Talking Trash. This first episode isn’t exactly a barn-burner—Mrs. Groovy and I only riff on Groovy Ranch—but it’s a worthy contribution to the Talking Trash brand. Enjoy. And, hey, if it’s too cold to venture out this weekend, why not reacquaint yourself with …
Joshua Sheats describes financial security as being debt free and having enough investment income to cover your basic needs (housing, transportation, food, utilities, and insurance). That definition works for me, and that will be the working definition of financial security for this post. The opposite of financial security is, of course, financial insecurity. For this …
I didn’t get married until I was 40 years old. This was largely because of rampant bigotry in the dating world. I grew up on Long Island where a sizable portion of the eligible females in New York City, Nassau County, and Suffolk County were non-white (roughly 40 percent). And many black, Hispanic, and Asian …
I never saw the movie Predator in its entirety. But I do remember this epiphany that the character Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) had when he discovered the blood of the movie’s super formidable villain on the ground. If it bleeds, we can kill it. Dutch didn’t say that killing ol’ crab face was going to be …
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I’m bored. I suppose that’s the fate of any blogger who dedicates himself or herself to a subject that’s been covered exhaustively for several years now by an army of dedicated scribblers and yackers. I mean, c’mon, how many twists can you insert into the fundamental plot of personal finance—spend less than you earn and …