Author: Mr. Groovy
The Groovies: Two Ungrateful Wretches?
Oops! My bad. I uploaded the wrong video. Must be the North Carolina heat getting to my brain. Below is a link to Mrs. Groovy and I discussing the things we don’t miss about New York. Next week, Obamacare! Hello, groovy freedomist. In this episode of Talking Trash, we try to explain why we’re not…
How I Met My Writing Goal for the Month
Writing the pages Ain’t been no fun at all History will tell us that you were small —Good Rats The first month of 2019 is now in the books. Only 11 months left to reach my audacious goal of writing 250,000 words this year. So how did the first month go? Very well actually. I…
The 2019 Season of Talking Trash Begins
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…
The Number One Joy of Financial Security
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…
You Have All the Opportunity You Need
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…