I had another anti-government rant all set for publication today. But then I had second thoughts. My anti-government rants, if they get posted at all, should be posted earlier in the week. People can handle a rant on Monday. Their weekly slog has just begun and they’re full of piss and vinegar. One more little …
Here’s a shocker for you: Be around someone long enough and he or she will unveil habits and beliefs that will grate mightily upon your sensibilities. Well, I’ve been married to Mrs. Groovy for nearly 18 years now, and I must admit that—even though she’s fabulous—she does and says things that I find, shall we …
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Mrs. Groovy and I are big proponents of geoarbitrage. When done with a nice chunk of home equity, it’s a great way to radically change your financial fortunes for the better. By using geoarbitrage, we went from Baby Step 0 (i.e., awash in debt and living paycheck to paycheck) to Baby Step 7 (i.e., no …
Mrs. Groovy signed us up for Obamacare for 2020 and stumbled upon an Obamacare wrinkle that we’ve never seen before. Apparently, members of a family need not all be covered by the same plan. In other words, Obamacare allows a husband and wife to have different plans. What I’d like to do now is show …
Right from birth, my chances of making it to the NFL were doomed. Nature saddled me with a body that couldn’t acquire—regardless of how hard I trained or how many PEDs I took—the speed, strength, and toughness necessary to play football at an elite level. But just because nature frowned on me didn’t mean I …
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