I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving! For many people this traditionally a time of year for spending time with friends and family, and for being thankful for the blessings in your life. I hope that was how it was for you! Thanksgiving also acts as the de facto start of the holiday shopping … Read more
New dishwashers and clothes washers are stylized and sleek, with electronic sensors, LEDs, and digital displays. They’re quiet. (“Is it on?” advertises one of the upper-end dishwashers.) The newer paired washers and dryers really are nicely designed and even talk to one another. One might even say they’re pleasant to look at. (Tea and crumpets … Read more
I went with my family to Costco this past weekend. Our typical shopping trip there is in the $100 to $200 range. I’ve been eating almonds like crazy now that my wife has taken over my meals for the month, so we needed to stock up on that and some other low-carb foods. Before we … Read more
Here’s an purported end-run on worrying about saving for retirement: spend some of those golden years in prison. The argument goes like this: Are you staring down the loaded barrel of ten or twenty years of old age on two months’ worth of living expenses? No family to take care of you? Well hey: If … Read more
I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “time is money.” Time is related to money, for sure: People exchange their time for money at their jobs. People choose to pay others to do tasks that will take time away from something they’d rather be doing. People take time to make lunches, change their own oil, mow … Read more
No doubt there are three highly ecstatic people in this country: the three people who chose the magic numbers on the record-breaking $640 million Mega Millions lottery. Let’s hope that they haven’t gone through all of the money within the next few years, as they’re likely to do. (The US Government, of course, will burn … Read more
Suze Orman needed to upgrade her leather jacket to a flak jacket tonight in a personal finance scrap match with personal finance bloggers over her new self-branded prepaid debit card. The Approved Card is her own personally-branded prepaid debit card with what appears to be a decent package of tools and features. The downsides, as … Read more
It’s often said that the lottery is a tax on people who can’t do math. It’s virtually guaranteed that you’ll lose money playing the lottery regularly, because the more you buy, the closer you’ll be statistically to the intended winning probabilities (i.e., losing more than winning). Even casting lottery tickets as an investment is flawed; … Read more
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