Apparently, when Trump was elected president, college campuses all over the U.S. had “cry ins”, where students sat inside and… cried. … because their favored candidate lost. Also, therapy dogs and… play-doh. And… exams were made optional. And so on. I dunno, seems like a bunch of emotional hemophiliacs attending an expensive pre-school. Actually, that’s […]
What if you can’t afford to save money?
Recently, someone recommended I listen to the You Are Not So Smart podcast. I gotta say, it’s pretty good. I don’t agree with everything the host and guests say and some of the podcast titles I’d have named differently, but… overall, some very valuable lessons which can be applied to your own finances if you […]
3 important things you need to know about your finances
Been reading some interesting commentary about Cambridge Analytica. That was the data analytics company that worked on President Trump’s campaign. So, the story is the company harvested private data from 50 million Facebook users using… Facebook. Edward Snowden had the most obvious comment of them all in this discussion… “Businesses that make money by collecting […]
How to banish money guilt
More uncomfortable-to-hear observations from Yours Unruly: When people don’t have money, they tend to feel envious, even when they won’t openly admit it to others (or themselves). If they do have money, they feel guilty… and paranoid about being a target for that envy. Methinx, deep down, people want to be “filthy” rich because they […]
The walking indebted
My wife and I used to watch The Walking Dead but once the show got to a certain point, we realized it was doomed and… we just tuned out. Yesterday, she was reading a synopsis of the show to me and… we were right. The show has become overcome with nihilism. I mean, it’s hard […]