Archive for the ‘Deep Thoughts’ Category
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Happiness (and Money)
We’ve all heard that money can’t buy happiness. Some proof can be found in the number of lottery winners who had come upon tough times. Other proof may be had with all the difficulties that celebrities have. Many of them are far from being happy. It was this thought that occurred to me on the [...]
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Big City vs. The Country
Trent from The Simple Dollar states why he loves the country life in Iowa. He goes into the detail about the financial advantages of Iowa. I have always lived near the big city, usually about ten miles away at the most. The two big cities are Boston and San Francisco. Here are some financial advantages [...]
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Fifteen Things I’d Like To Say to High School Lazy Man
The other day I had a dream. One of my older friends, a scientist had figured out how to soup up a DeLorean. It was the mechanics for street racing or anything like that… but when it reached 88mph the car had the ability to go back in time! I know it sounds crazy, but [...]
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Value of a Dollar Earned
I’ve been thinking about my Alternative Income Streams recently. I’m trying to put them in context with the earnings from my day job. I’m at a bit of crossroads where I’m not sure what to make of this income stream. A large number of you leave comments about how well I’m doing each month as [...]
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Are Markets Too Efficient?
I’m terrible at a lot of things. Everyone who has witnessed me try to ski has had a belly full of laughs. There’s one thing that I’m typically really good at – finding the inefficiencies of systems. Sometimes I’m able to use them to my gain and other times, I’m just too Lazy to implement [...]
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David Ortiz Home Run Auction
Even though I’m in California now, I’m still a big Red Sox fan. When news came out that David Ortiz is auctioning off his 50th home run ball for charity, I was very disappointed that I haven’t made my millions so that I could buy it. It comes with a pre-game ceremony where Mr. Ortiz [...]
