Category Personal Finance
When I was a teenager, our mall had a restaurant called Lisa Pizza. Since teenagers in the 80’s spent a lot of time in malls, being able to get a slice of pizza for a couple of bucks was very… Continue Reading →
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This article is part one of a two-part series. Watching the two volunteers from the audience struggle to strap on and inflate the airplane life vest while the speaker’s stopwatch ticked down the seconds will haunt me forever. A couple… Continue Reading →
Obviously, everyone’s idea of a vacation will be different. International? Domestic? Airplane? Road Trip? Camping? Long weekend vs. full week (or more)? The one thing that every trip has in common is the need for a budget. We are frugal… Continue Reading →
NOTE: Sorry! I discovered that most of the video clips for today’s post did not operate correctly the first time this post went live. I’ve fixed the technical difficulties. Please enjoy samples of me teaching online. In the 90’s, when… Continue Reading →
I use Trip Advisor quite a lot when trip planning. That just happens to be my trip planning resource of choice. I read a lot of reviews and I write a lot of reviews. Reading reviews that other users have… Continue Reading →
I would like to talk about travel and all the cool things I’ve seen lately. However, the shutdown is still in progress so instead we will chat a bit about money. Sometime around 1983 I saw the video for Donna… Continue Reading →
A Really Good Day (Part 2) – The Cosmic Joke – 3/6/2020 – Just as I was leaving the art museum, all super happy with myself for researching it on my own, finding it on my own and meeting one… Continue Reading →
January 2020 – I have only 28 days left of my traditional job (including weekends). The big news here is that I received my graduation certificate from Taiwan! I am now officially TEFL certified. This means I can teach ESL… Continue Reading →
December 2019 – I sold a couch. I have had a sleeper sofa in my home office for many years and I have moved that same piece of furniture from house to house for over ten years. It allowed my… Continue Reading →