“Debt-Based” Lifestyle = Debased?

There are times I find myself (was I ever lost?  Ohhhh yessss) wandering the shopping aisles, perusing about for goods&services for fam and self and ultimately leaving the store/marketplace with nothing. How nice. Don’t spend.  If spend, spend wisely. No better advice.  thank YOU!!! If I’m still thinking about the whatever thing on the seventh …

Career, Cats & Companionship

Tucker got puckered (how has no one used this?!?) re sum of the Dums (see, e.g., fumble-tongued Stacey Adams—gonna lose this one too Boo) suggesting that the solution to inflation is to (drum roll, please) … not have kids. Many folks are waaaayyyy ahead on this.  Recent report from somewhere someplace says that more young …

Can’t Afford v Can’t Pay

Methinks I should fully acknowledge that without Half and steady income, homelessness (houselessness? unhousedness?) is a very real possibility.  There was some statistic somewhere that claimed nearly half of Americans are a single paycheck away from the street. Really?  Just one? Not quite there yet … got some assets to pawn, some goods to hock, …

End of Month

Well that was a bummer … onto debt! May have mentioned around these parts that Half and the other half have an … untraditionally traditional lifestyle.  See, Half handles the life/life-sustaining obligations (mortgage, lights, heat, cable/internet — which, funnily enough, is the highest bill after shelter … go figure who knew) and me, the other …