Briefly perused (wat? “pear”? “yoused”? ENGLISHMAKESNOSENSE) an article about how to shop for the holidays without breaking the budget (that’s ‘cuz budgets don’t work and waste my time) and suggested that folks plan ahead, make a list of gift-receivers, decide the gift, then shop for sales. Oh, wait. That sounds like a SPENDING PLAN. See? …
Spicy, Meat-Flavored Rice
I checked the Jungle Shop, and of course it’s sold there (even in a pack of 12!) if not at the local grocery. Stuff is good. But more importantly – easy. Dinner in a box. What better? Zatarain’s Jambalaya is the awesomeness of awesome. theKid likes it. Half likes it. All my problems solved. Except …
Giveth, but Cannot Taketh
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA love it Riley Gaines? You go … woman Apparently, the CryptKeeper and his woke minions want to change Title IX to force schools receiving federal funds to let TIFs play against actual women in competitive sports. Umm, no. Mz. Riley protested the potential policy change at the congressional hearing and was branded as “transphobic” …
A Flying Building? Really?
Well that was entertaining. But Steve always (well, mostly … almost) is. Hearts in Atlantis made no sense. Anyhoo … One of the things I like best about Stephen King’s writing is how so many of his protagonists are young boys/men, right on the cusp of adulthood. Must be some lingering trauma there, but makes …
All Gold Err’thang
Or, better yet, shiny things. Mansa Musa, the richest man who ever lived, had a bag worth $400B in today’s bucks, and even managed to devalue gold by spreading it around. Bozos and the oily, musky ferret funk got nothing on that guy. Well, that guy lived/reigned some 700 years ago, so there is that. …
Feet First
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 …
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 …
Dumpster Fire
Well that’s what we call a gloriously beautiful catastrophic failure. Like a plane crash. Or slow-motion car wreck. Drone footage of a train derailment. Sexy carnage. But, to quote the Martha, and that’s a good thing. Took a minute, but found some balls nearby and decided to take the hit, broached the subject of 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 …