“Stay Calm And Vape On” The phrase was on the license plate frame of a Chrysler Town and Country minivan. The late day sun was trying to peek though the windshield, but the interior was full of smoke. It was as if Cheech and Chong were driving the kids home from soccer.
“He can’t lick his butt- that’s why he’s got an infection and losing weight.” I hope she’s talking about a dog, I thought.
So, I was in an eclectic coffee shop with my 26-year old daughter over the holidays. One of the traditions of this coffee shop is that all the cups and mugs are from thrift stores- stuff that they’re accumulated over the years. The two guys working the shop were in their 20s, also. My daughter […]
Authors’ note: Explaining personal finance can be pretty dull. That’s a problem, if you need to learn about personal finance. On a plane from St. Louis to Seattle, I decided to try and fix the problem. What if I could wrap some personal finance concepts inside of a quirky (funny?) short story? My goal here […]
New Year’s Eve presents the opportunity to, as a friend of mine said, “get into a car and race all of the drunks back home.” Something I hope we all avoid (hey- use Uber). As we turn the page and move into 2018, it’s an appropriate time to ask the question: Is Tesla bankrupt? What […]
So, I’m driving behind a commercial pickup truck that had this sign on the back: “Not responsible for broken windows” On the back of the truck’s cab, it had this sign: “ Stay back 100 feet. Not responsible for broken windows.” Really, bro? It seems a little unrealistic to think that you can pile a […]
I remember a Christmas when I was in grade school, and my mother told me that one of my gifts was “ten feet long”. Turns out it was a basketball hoop. Nice, Mom. Sometimes, are perception of what is true is far different that reality, and unfortunately that happens when a business fails. A founder […]
Complexity can kill. I saw it 20 years ago, and I’m seeing it today, and it’s one of three hard truths about economic and finance. Here’s what I mean: So I was working out at the gym today, and CNBC had yet another story on Coinbase, which is a marketplace where Americans to buy and […]
So, I’m trudging down the hall of “Acme Hotel” at 11pm on Thanksgiving night with my family and our luggage. I drove five hours to get to Thanksgiving dinner, I ate and drank quite a bit (driver was sober- not to worry), and all of us just wanted to go to bed. I noticed some […]
When I was growing in the ‘70s, it was common to throw trash out the window on the highway. I have vivid memories of eating McDonald’s in the car and heaving it out of the car at high speeds… Hard to believe, isn’t it? Over time, people in the US gradually got rid of that […]