In the beginning of the book Crazy Rich Asians, there is a scene where the hotel front desk clerk hilariously assumes that, based on their appearance, the guests seeking shelter are not worthy of the establishment. Shortly thereafter, the guests purchase the entire hotel, and the clerk is out of a job. In the quest …
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“Unexpected” = Question of Timing
Told theKid about an epoch ago that everything / absolutely everything / manmade will eventually fail, so wiser to avoid placing one’s faith in/on material things. Like all wisdom, got from GOD … {Matthew 6:19} Modern life encourages (requires?) consumers to consume the consumption of which that does not last … cars, refrigerators, hot water …
Debt is in the Cards
So kinda right, just going about it all wrong. Sounds/seems familiar. Funnily enough, Mr. Edelman suggests (strongly) that the solution to getting out of debt is … more debt. HA! Love being right. Still hurts, tho’. So the suggestion is to get one more credit(debt) card and place all expenses to it, pay it off …
Purposefully Purposed
The tedious of tedium, but doing the right thing is seldom as enjoyable as doing the wrong, neé debt life. After a month of spending track, the illustrious Mr. Edelman suggests converting those dollar amounts to percentages to determine the percentage of total spending occurred in each category (i.e., each column’s dollar total divided by …
There Can Be Only Five
Been a bit of a while. Time to circle back … The wise Mr. Edelman enumerates several categories of expenses to track spending (spending PLAN, remember? … spending PLAN …) [see p.303] Just a few examples. Notably absent, however, are housing costs. And while upon first glance may seem helpful but gets a bit down …
Giggly Bits
Enough of the doom gloom … Dilly-dilly! Off with his head! Dilly, dilly. “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” “I didn’t ask for the anal probe.” “Ididn’t askfor the anal probe.” “I didn’t askfor the anal probe.” 1. Every time a deck of cards is shuffled it results in …
Law #18 – Dangerously Alone
Off the eastern coast of India in the Bay of Bengal reside a people on North Sentinel Island … primitive, reclusive, hostile, … and violent. In 2018, a Christian missionary named John Chau attempted to contact the Sentinelese and spread the Gospel. The last confirmed sighting was of his dead body being dragged away by …
Frivolity Teats
theKid likes/watches anime, and must say … do like Chainsaw Man. And Dan Da Dan is the business. Altho’ … made the mistake of looking up “hentai.” Brain wounded. Japan is not a real place. Anyhoo, time for some frivolous levity and fun nonsense facts … please. Enjoy. 1. Speaking of Japan … the …
Tomfoolery, and Bobgotjokes
Back to fun … well, don’t get out much, so methinks metype of fun. Enjoy! Or not. Err’body got choices. 1. No only child has ever been a US president. 2. There are around 2,000 islands in the Caribbean but only 2-percent are populated by humans. (Time to move!) 3. The sunflower spiral follows the …
Delightful Foolery – Part Trois
Modern world can always use a little more levity, thus ergo bit of silly to share … must say enjoy the random nonsense, like candy for the brain. Empty of value, but oh-so satisfying. Peruse! 1. Detroit is north of Canada. 2. Dogs understand about 100 words. (whereas cats would never deign to speak the …