Financial Update – Nov 2025

**** I updated some technical stuff (Ubuntu / PHP) on my host server and accidentally crippled the comment functionality of the blog. Thanks for your patience while the world’s worst webmaster (me) tries to sort this out ****   Another month, another update. A few random comments.   Good Reads/Listens/Watches Not much.   Life For … Read more

Financial Update – Oct 2025

I’m not dead (yet) — just late. Not much new to report, so my apologies for the lack of mind-blowing, life-altering content you are accustomed to seeing.   Another month, another update. A few random comments.   Good Reads/Listens/Watches Not much.   Life I had surgery on my nose (deviated septum & sinuses). While the … Read more

Financial Update – Sept 2025

Another month, another update. A few random comments.   Good Reads/Listens/Watches Bikepacker “Dan Cycles the World” kayaks the Darien Gap (link). His channel is probably the most inspiring/entertaining thing I’ve watched in a long time.   Life FC1 seems to be enjoying college. While it was a weird adjustment period, we’re adjusting to the new … Read more

US Mobile Review

Disclaimer If you use my link, both you and I get a $25 referral credit. I didn’t include this link at first, but a reader emailed asking for it. Since it seemed silly to withhold a $25 benefit from readers, I’ve added it — you’ll just have to take my word that my opinions are … Read more

Financial Update – Aug 2025

Another month, another update. A few random comments.   Good Reads/Listens/Watches Not much.   Life FC1 started college. On our drive West, FC1 and I stopped for a 4-day, 45-mile backpacking adventure in WY. She seems to be enjoying college so far. I was in denial (and probably still am) that she is gone. The … Read more

Financial Update – July 2025

Another month, another update. A few random comments.   Good Reads/Listens/Watches Scottie Scheffler, the world’s best golfer by a decent margin (reminiscent of Tiger Woods), talks frankly about the triviality of the sport and how unfulfilling fame/success is (link). A week after the interview, he won the British Open (one of the four majors) in … Read more