Financial Update – Oct 2019

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches The Biggest Little Farm (link). Our friends saw this indie film at a local theater and highly recommended it to us. It documents the journey of a couple as they embark on an ambitious plan to change careers to become farmers. In the process, they … Read more

Financial Update – Sep 2019

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches One of the more well-written and inspiring things I’ve read on the internet in a while from the Dangerz (the former van dwellers turned perpetual sailors). To see the text of their instagram post, you’ll have to scroll to the top of the comments (link). … Read more

Financial Update – Aug 2019

Another month, another update. A few random comments. Good Reads/Listens/Watches MyMoneyBlog on safe withdrawal rates & mortality (link). Seeing that grey “you’re dead” portion of the engaging data plots is pretty startling. GoCurryCracker posted about this some time ago (link). A Reddit user reports that Fidelity has streamlined (i.e. automated) the mega-backdoor Roth (link). This … Read more

Priceline Express Deal Review (Flights)

In the past couple of months, I’ve booked two different flights with Priceline Express Deals. Before doing so I scoured the internet for relevant info but largely came up short. Here’s my attempt to fill that hole in the internet. I have vague memories of Priceline’s commercials going back a decade. At the time, it … Read more