Not a big fan of the news these days. Too much opinion, not enough fact. And it’s sad that it’s both sides … and that there are even sides, I mean, what happened, happened, right? Not necessarily. Faux News claims the treasonous insurrection of Jan 6th was just ‘Murricans exercising their rights to “Stop the …
Soil & Water
I knew I didn’t need to worry about it! Debt concerns are so cliché passé … Found a fun little sciencey fact …in about, oh say, 60 years the human population will starve to death, or turn Soylent Green, because the dirt in which we grow our food won’t have enough nutrients in it to …
Elite Debtor
Recently had the realization that I am a debtor elitist … high income, higher debts, highest entitlement. Ugh. I did not recognize me as that person. Mirror, meet face. A Reddit post asked for stories about toxic employers. One person said the request for time off had been placed a year in advance of a …
Hard Monkey Balls
Whelp, just heard back re one of my monkeys, the one currently headlining the circus. It’ll take less in debt satisfaction, but way more than I originally thought. Well pooh on that. Not really but yes really … was hoping for a better … negotiation. Dunno why; it isn’t as if I could argue that …
Madonna and Whores
A young woman recently went kinda viral (ew) because she resented her life choices. Ohoowuuh. Newsflash. Apparently, she is 22 YO, the wife of a pastor, married virgin at 18, now with three kids — 3, 2, and 10 months — and another on the way. Basically was always a “good girl,” betrothed as a …
Post Doc in Debt
May have (or may be not have) mentioned somewheres around these parts that theKid is a straight A student. As in, all A’s. As in, nothing less than an A. As in, no B’s, C’s, D’s or heaven forfend! F’s. A big part of that (I believe) is that a child will meet the parents’ …
Banana Split
Saw a billboard recently, said “We All Need A Little Help Sometimes,” and I/we/me wondered why it’s so hard to ask for help, of any kind. Probably because needing help is typically a sign of weakness, of failure in some fundamental way. Guy drowned in Florida was asking for help, while the cops stood there …
Women: Can’t Live With ‘Em, Can’t Bury ‘Em Out Back
Might be a little late to this (surprisenot) but one of the favorite people I didn’t know died recently, reportedly of a massive heart attack, perhaps even in flagrante delicto … globulos exposite, as it (maybe) were. The really offensive yet wholly unsurprising aspect of his death was the reaction of so many of the …
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Money is Mechanics
Had a “no spend” month in April … went quite well, actually. God’s rule of “Don’t spend; if do, spend wisely” works for my/household expenses, but theKid is a whole ‘nother ball of expenditure. theKid needs “stuff,” and some of that stuff isn’t exactly a need but rather a little slice of joy in the …
Failure Complete?
Whelp, THAT didn’t work. Just got a summons and complaint for one of my monkeys, a particularly large one at that, and here I thought I was awaiting settlement terms. Well, hell. A problem, but not insurmountable. Settlement (ah-hem satisfaction) is still an option, likely just for more than originally hoped. Ah well. Half is …