If your checkbook is anything like mine, it runs to 3-4 digits. By the time it approaches mid-4, we are looking for a way to get more than the .005% interest our checking account produces. That used to be money market funds but the working that doesn’t really bring the old results. Bummer! Read more…
Bastion posted a pic of a gussied up old car. I commented that I recognized I was getting old when I could recognize a vintage make and model and couldn’t name/recognize the current year stuff. That disconnect has spread. Read more…
and then there is VARIANCE. As a low rolling poker donk, I can decry variance. It been a consistent companion over the years. But… Read more…
I don't really care for that term. It is derogatory. Connotations usually get by our mental filters and that isn't helpful. But, it has become part of the lexicon – for better or worse. Read more...
We can't be talking about Washington. Read more...
That's my new name for Washington – the eastern city one. The Prez recently crowed they've created 2-million jobs. Read more...
Gaming revenues in Nevada fell 10.4 percent in 2009, the largest single year decline in state history. Read more...
No, not the one with the deadly hat sailing at Bond -- James Bond. Jobs these days are headline items. Seems there aren't enough of them and it is causing the politicians problems -- to say nothing about the guy down the street. The solution has been to spend money on a variety of pork barrel items. Read more...
I've had it and haven't had it – insurance wise. What I did have was referred to as “Major Medical” – which is out of favor. The three times I needed it, it came with a thousand deductible that smarted. There was no Health Savings Account involved. I paid off those bills with after tax dollars. Read more...
I am a Hoosier. That has good and bad connotations. It's associated with a conservative bent and a feisty attitude. Guilty as charged. Read more...
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