When my dog was just a wee pup, we took him to the dog park and a pack of dogs chased him down and I had to save him. Diving into a pack of barking, snapping, dogs isn’t my favorite thing to do but I did it anyway and I didn’t walk away unscathed. One […]
How to build a category 4 savings plan
Whelp… it looks like hurricane Hurricane Florence is making its way toward us here in North Carolina. My wife and I are inland a bit, and current weather predictions say 40 mph wind gusts here in the Raleigh-Durham area. We’re also supposed to get some rain, obviously. Maybe some flash flooding. We live in a […]
It’s an easy problem to solve
Yesterday, I had to climb up on top of the washing machine and retrieve some stuff that had fallen behind there. My arms aren’t long enough so I had to use a grabber tool. But… of course the washing machine is REALLY REALLY tall so, even with the grabber doohickey, I STILL couldn’t reach everything. I […]
Financial Peace has made you weak, victory has defeated you
“Peace has cost you your strength, victory has defeated you!” — Bane, The Dark Knight Rises *** I started exercising regularly when I was 18. Back then, running was all the rage so I worked up to a 9 minute mile and could run 3 miles in about 27 minutes, give or take 30 seconds. […]
Doesn’t everyone know term insurance is better than whole life?
Most people today do not understand life insurance and… they doublely do not understand whole life insurance. Why? Well, lots of politicks but also… post 1950s, the financial services industry started to change. Some people learned from their grandparents, and parents, to buy whole life insurance from the major mutual life insurance companies and use […]