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• Superficial Lifestyle Observations

  December 10, 2010 8:59 PM
  I'm on my way to Hong Kong next month to get new visas for my kids so I'll have more chances to observe the lifestyle there.  On my previous trip, I was struck by how there were neither elderly nor... 0

• I hate mosquitoes

  April 10, 2010 11:24 AM
  About a month ago, I wrote about the 2nd worse thing about living in China -- the north/south wind combos that make floors and walls drip with moisture. Number 1 on that list is mosquitos. Living in San Francisco, mosquitoes... 0

• Work Overdrive Trivia

  February 14, 2010 9:26 PM
  The last 4 days, I have been working in overdrive. We have a "product" demo this coming Wednesday where knocking their socks off is important. We've previously demo'd this product to other customers but in those cases, we had the... 0

• Money for chores

  February 8, 2010 4:49 AM
  My two kids are age 2 and 4. Tonight, to have some fun, I cut up some paper and draw some money symbols on them so they could pretend they had money. They immediately started cleaning up to say they... 0

• Can you spare a million mister?

  January 20, 2010 11:24 AM
  A recent story in CNN about the wealthy having trouble getting mortgages:http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/20/real_estate/mortgage_woes_for_wealthy/index.htmSome of the examples of woe in the article:A self-made man, he had sold a business and put much of the proceeds in a charitable remainder unitrust that paid... 0

• Labor Day

  September 7, 2009 10:27 PM
  Now that people have partially recovered from a full day of BBQing hot dogs and guzzling beer, perhaps some reflection on the history of Labor Day is in order. Let me quote a snippet from Wikipedia:"The first Labor Day in... 0

• Carnival of Personal Finance #143

  March 10, 2008 12:35 AM
  Part 1 of my investment spreadsheet articles was included in the latest Carnival of Personal Finance over at Quest for Four Pillars. I'm way down on the list but better to be near the end than in the middle. Amongst... 0

• Watch out for scammers

  February 12, 2008 9:11 PM
  I have a dozen topics lined up to be published about once a week but I'll interrupt that schedule to post a public service announcement. While the emphasis is now on internet scams (Nigerian scam, etc), you still need to... 0