“Actually, I’ve always lived frugally and saved a lot of my income, so I don’t need to work for awhile” Wow. It was 1999, and I was talking to a co-worker, Ron, who was about 50 years old. A large insurance company we both worked for was merging with another firm, and we were both […]
A baby pooping all over themselves in public can be a crisis… It’s really bad if the clothes are covered in poop- and you can’t get to a washer for hours. If you just change the baby and keep the clothes in a diaper bag, the clothes might be ruined. There’s now a solution. I […]
Where’s the Diet Coke?! The grocery store shelves were fully stocked, as David scanned the selections nervously. There’s all the Pepsi products, regular Coke (who drinks that?), but no Diet Coke. He was about to ask a clerk when he leaned in and noticed the problem.
“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 […]