Living in the boonies affords us many benefits. Getting our mail on time is not one of them. With all the new changes in the postal system, we probably will be the last ones to benefit. Also, ever since moving to our new home, we’ve had a bear of a time trying to get businesses […]
How to beat the life insurance company at its own game
I got a bottle of Maker’s Mark as a wedding gift. That’s old Kentucky Bourbon. The thing that makes it old is 2 things, really. First, it’s fermented with 150 year old yeast. Secondly, it sits in a barrel for a very long time. You can’t make whisky very quickly. And, if you wanted to […]
Would you protect your business to the death?
My wife told me a story recently about her 5th great grandfather (which she got from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio): James Gibson, father of Mrs. Nancy Morehead, was a captain in the English army prior to and during the American Revolution. His sympathies, however, were with the […]
Don’t let anyone should on you
Let’s rap about the “tyranny of the should”. “Should” is a word that haunts a lot of folks because it’s this moral ball and chain that hangs around your neck. It’s there, constantly telling you… what you *should* do. And, if you don’t do it… you’re somehow magically a bad person. Like… “you should save […]
How to find an unbiased financial advisor
When we moved to a small town in North Carolina, an unexpected surprise was that my regular mechanic now lives too far away to service our vehicles. I say it’s a surprise because he’s a mobile mechanic. He drives around to wherever I am (except here, apparently) to fix cars. Really super-handy, by the way. […]