Archive for the ‘Sundry Comments’ Category
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Selling Wine – Almost Like Blogging
This past holiday weekend my wife, my dog, and I headed down to the wine country of Paso Robles, California. Each year a group of 17 vineyards called the Far Out Wineries get together to host a wine tasting event. For a price of $35 you can spend 4 days visiting any of the wineries [...]
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Random Thoughts (Some Even Financially Related)
Financially, I feel I couldn’t me less organized right now. I haven’t done my net worth in a few months. Haven’t asked the wife to do hers in much longer. I also need to look over the cash flow of my web-based business (this website being a sizable component of that), which I haven’t done [...]
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A Small Tribute to George Carlin…
For those of you who have missed the news, famous comedian George Carlin died last night. I’m still in shock. I suppose I shouldn’t be, but he seemed to be the type the guy who live to be 120, giving every disease an obscene gesture that’s not appropriate for mention on this site. I’ve spent [...]
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Emptying the Recycle Bin of my Mind…
When I was growing up I read Dan Shaughnessy, a famous Boston Globe sports writer, whenever I could. Since I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that I often disagree with what his writings. However, I remember he would occasionally put together some sundry sports thoughts under the headline of “Clearing out the desk drawer of my [...]
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Grab a Grass Skirt, I’m Going on a Trip to Hawaii
This weekend I’ll be going on my first vacation in about a year. Last year, this blog didn’t exist, so I didn’t have to think about how I’m going to keep things fresh while I’m gone. I’ve decided that I’ll be recycling some of my favorite posts from the early days of Lazy Man and [...]
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Random Thoughts on Various Articles
I thought I’d try something new and comment on a few articles in one post. The common thread in all this is that I feel a lot of people can learn from them. JLP asks Who Pays $300 for a purse. From a financial decision, I can’t really see it making a lot of sense. [...]
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Lazily Laying out the Link Love
1) Have you linked to me? While I enjoy spreading the love, I also like to know I am loved in return. So placing a link to me on your blog is a necessary first step. 2) How long has your blog been around? If less than three months it is unlikely I will link [...]