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Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches Great interview with Bezos (link), found courtesy of Go Curry Cracker. I honestly didn’t know much about Bezos prior to this article. Obviously, an incredible guy. I enjoyed the portion of the article beginning with “I’m interested in space, because I’m passionate about it.” I … Read more
On a whim, I decided to attend the Berkshire meeting this year. I’m not getting any younger (36). Buffett (87) & Munger (94) aren’t either. I live in the Midwest, so this is an easy trip for me. I created a Facebook account (which I’ve since deleted) for the sole reason to find out where … Read more
Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches GCC featured on national news (link). Loved the accompanying blog post. “As I explained to ABC, if there was any magic we had it was that we were willing to live like college students longer than it is socially acceptable to do so. Along with … Read more
First, the Establishment of Some Costco Cred Our family lives at Costco. To prove it, I downloaded some statistics on our Costco usage over the past 6 months. The first chart is a histogram of days between Costco visits over the past 6 months. The mode is 1. The average is 1.98, meaning that we’re … Read more
Frugal Wife, Please reread upon me getting hit by a bus. I’ll keep the sentimental stuff out of this letter. Here’s what you need to know about how our finances work and how to not run out of money. Overview of How our Money Works All of our recurring bills (i.e. utilities, ymca, etc) … Read more
A few months ago during the Equifax hack, I read that it was smart to freeze your credit (duh), but also to secure your Social Security Identity online. What do I mean by that? I mean create an online account at the SSA with a strong password and two step authentication so that nobody can … Read more