I’ll say one thing for this coronavirus Corona Fires moment we find ourselves in — it sure is proving to be a window on some of the best and worst of humanity. That’s probably to be expected. But it’s nonetheless interesting to watch things play out. Note that this post isn’t really about personal finance….
Home Work Time
Among the innumerable changes that the novel coronavirus (which I call the Corona Fires) that causes COVID-19 has brought about is a massive increase in the numbers of people working remotely. As I explained in my last post, “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!,” modern technology is something many people now have an additional reason to be…
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!
Based on the title of this blog post, it’s probably best if I address the timely elephant in the room: yes, I admit it, I am old enough to have watched, loved, and (oh, so fully) appreciated The Ren & Stimpy Show when it originally aired in the early- to mid-1990s. If you’ve seen it…
Food for Thought
My parents divorced when I was three-years-old. Mom really hadn’t ever worked a formal job. Dad was in the family small business. This being the 1970s, men were assumed, probably rightly, to be incompetent when it came to kids mom got custody of me and my brother without question. Mom got a low-end office job,…
Making Fun of Lawyers: Communication Breakdown
Today we’re starting a new series on FI for the People. Because I apparently like a good blog series, having started one here and here. This series will focus on lawyers and law firms and some of the head-scratching things they do that — this, after all, being a blog purportedly on finances — are…
Forgeative Experiences: Time Out
Today, Dear Reader, I share another experience that shaped my approach to money and saving. I’ve previously covered a period of my childhood, when I was relatively poor. And another — sort of — when I was in law school, and the period following it. Today, I’ll bore regale you with the tale of the…
What’s the Temp?
When I graduated from law school, I was burned out. And I’d learned a bit about the law firm part of the legal profession, but in short order, was about to learn how totally messed up it is so much more. For you see, Dear Reader, I did not go to a Top 15 (T15)…
Why Are We Here?: Pursuing Joy, Propagating, Psurviving, Promoting Peace
On the night I thought of this blog post topic, I had some ideas about what I’d write. I know that other content producers have covered the topic. But I compartmentalized that, thinking that I still could add my two cents. And then the next morning, I got an email from Paula Pant as a…
Tweakle, Tweakle, Whittle Star
The Dear Readers of this blog may have gotten the sense that I have been transformed by discovering FIRE. Maybe it’s because just about every post on this blog focuses on that. Maybe. All aboard? Anyway, if you’re a reader of FIRE blogs generally, you may have read a post (or a million of them)…
My Secret FIREpower: The Missus
Since discovering FIRE, I’ve determined that what I’m really interested in is FI. RE? Meh. Or, maybe to me RE means that I can take miniretirements when I want. In the old days we’d refer to “miniretirements” by its technical term: “taking some time off.” I think that’s Latin. But I never learned Latin, so…
