Category: Talking Trash
The Groovy Opus Is Almost Done
I’m almost done with my opus, The Groovy Guide to Financial Independence. If all goes as planned, it should be available on September 10. So please bear with me. I had no idea readying a book for Kindle Direct Publishing would be so difficult—and so time-consuming. Between now and the launch date, then, content on…
I Got Nothing, Again!
Whew! What a busy week. Groovy Ranch, my book, and life—those things required far more hours than the 168 hours the week allotted me. But, hey, no one ever said retirement was going to be easy. Anyway, I apologize for this very lame post, groovy freedomist. It could be my lamest post of all time.…
Have You Stress-Tested Your Financial Situation Lately?
In 1961, the year I was born, our national debt was $289 billion. Today, it’s $21.1 trillion. We clearly have a problem living within our means. We also have a problem managing our public pensions and our premiere safety net program, Social Security. Consider the following: According to Bloomberg, only two states in the union…
A Too Big Too Expensive House (Oops I Did it Again)
Mrs. Groovy here. Today we bring you a guest post from Bucket Babe, who blogs over at LeanFIREATL. Bucket Babe splashed onto the personal finance blogging scene just a few months ago in January of 2018. With her wit, honesty, and passion for life, she quickly became one of my favorite writers. She’s a true…
Taxes and Obamacare and Sasha and Talking Trash
My taxes are easy. Pension income plus dividend income minus standard deductions and personal exemptions for a married couple filing jointly times ten percent. So I do my taxes myself and file online using one of the IRS’s free software tools. In the previous two years, it took me about an hour to do my…