Just to recap if you’re new here… Many moons ago, my wife and I went on a honeymoonaversary. Since we didn’t go on a honeymoon (for reasons I won’t go into here), and instead went on our honeymoon on our anniversary, we combined the 2 into 1. Anywho, here is the full recap from 2017: […]
My 401-keg plan
Back in my jerkwater home town, about the only kind of beer people drink is the cheap stuff… except, when you go out to a bar (and it doesn’t have to be a fancy bar either), there’s almost always Yuengling on tap. Now if ye wasn’t born in or around Pennsylvania, mayhaps you’ve never heard […]
Important financial lessons from dead railroad tycoons
At one time, the Vanderbilt family was one of the richest families in the world. Today? Not so much. Cornelius Vanderbilt started it all back in the early 1800s. He was born into a poor family. Not a lick of luck and no “head starts” in life. But, he did manage to convince his mom […]
How to make your savings invisible
One of my all-time favorite movies is Batman Begins. There are so many things going on in that story that I’m still seeing new things each time I watch it. For example: There’s a scene in the movie where Bruce Wayne is being trained by Ra’s al Ghul (at that point, , Wayne believes him […]
Some of my favorite books on personal finance
Last week, this dood booked an appointment with me to discuss whether whole life insurance made sense for him. Once the video chat meeting began, it became clear to me that this wasn’t going to end well. This was someone who, about a year ago, booked an appointment with me and then never showed up […]