How do you answer a question like “What are things you never go cheap on and why?”. Think about it - the question cuts with mischievous delight into your personally held biases towards common purchases. Not only does the question force self-reflection, it’s really asking you, “What are you purchasing that you know you can…
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The Bretton Woods Conference started the system now known as fixed rate exchange. After the 1944 conference, theUnited Statesattached dollars to gold with one ounce of gold equal to $35. The process changed in the 1970s, due to problems with inflation and currencies from other countries. The financial system of any country relates to the…
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We go a bit overboard on Halloween. Maybe more than a bit. The yard in the video is mine. As I write this, I’ve got 40 tombstones, more than 200 skulls, and half a dozen life-size props in my yard. The coffin leaning against the tree was bought used on the secondhand…
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Most people don’t die quickly. As much as I would rather die suddenly-while putting a smile on my wife’s face-the odds are that I will spend my last hours or days in a hospital, unable to make the decisions about my care. Will I be doing my vegetable impression after a car accident, or be…
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