Interesting little factoid / as described by wikiwiki … stocks are used as restraining devices for the feet, a form of corporal punishment and public humiliation (á la social spanking). The pillory, by contrast, is distinguishable via its confinement of hands and head/neck. So now we just get pilloried by stocks. Ahh, this. The Fab …
Steps to getting/staying debts free
Bonds Over Baghdad
As far as financial instruments go … bonds are boring. And confusing. Maybe that is the point. Think about it — rate v. yield v. total return. Wat. Yahn. Well, rate = interest, or the money the bond is supposed to make. Yield = a question, or does interest compound? If so, what is the …
The Four Horsemen of Consumption
Only four things to do with the thing after spending money on the thing. Use it. Sell it. Gift it. Toss it. Most folks will use/consume it – whatever it is – for a bit then either give/gift it to someone else, try to sell it in exchange for cash/(rarely) trade, or throw it away …
6-In-One
All this talk of money inspired an idea … and we know Who that came from (hehYES). So every household has income and expenses … even if one severely outweighs the other, they are still that. And presuming that if one must work with another adult to manage the aforesaid household, both parties on the …
Money Money Money Muuhh-ney … MUHHHHN-NAAAAYYY
Did not truly appreciate the fact until I read this book, but … companies and governments run exactly the same. Not with the same purpose … contrary to what Mr. Potatohaid says/thinks, can’t run a country like a business. No, rather government (or gub’mint, to be consistent) and private enterprise need money to function … …
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Get Deez Nuts
Made a decision. Or came to one, at least. It’s time to invest. Or, rather, learn how/why to. Not time time, oh-ho-no never actually that. I never in reality do something when I decide to do it. Gotta think about it, gotta ruminate, gotta consider, before that first step. Because that’s a big step. So, …
They Said I Could So I Did … Prolly Shouldn’t’ve, Tho’ … YOLO!!! (well, twice … afterlife)
OK, so … wait. Hear me out. This is good, I promise. I think. OK, so, somewhere around these parts there was a discussion of debt monkeys, and how the credit circus will forever want the masses to play, and not only watch the show but become an active part of it. OK, so, what …
Dreamy Dreams of The Truckiest Truck of Them All
Seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and just to switch it up – might not be a train. Whoo-hoo! Only one more payment to satisfying one of my biggest monkeys, and I’m feeling a little … oh, dunno, the fleas of spending are beginning to itch. Not going to do it, though. …
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Debt-Slave v Debt-Free
Just saw that an auto loan is currently cheaper – interest rate wise – than buying a home. Specifically – 5.85 percent v. 7.09 percent. WTAF(udge)? What sense does this make oh none at all glad we cleared that up … A young woman on the Toks of Tik confided that her grandmother gave her …
Hot Deep Fried Grease
Discovered a wonderful new kitchen appliance. A little about me … I like tools, and guns, and trucks, and dogs. And Half, most of the time. And theKid, always. Anyhoo, theKid offers up ideas on the regular because … y’know … kid, and most of those ideas involve spending when I should not but can’t …