Archive for the ‘Retirement’ Category
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
I met Mike Piper of The Oblivious Investor briefly at FinCon11 and he came bearing gifts. (I guess I was The Oblivious Conference Attendee and did no such thing myself.) I snagged two copies of his newest book, Can I Retire? (I'll offer the second copy to a randomly-picked subscriber ...
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
A couple of months ago, the headlines reported that that babies born today have a 40% chance of living to be 150 years old. That's about 25% longer than the oldest living humans in recent history. Experts base this claim on the advancement of regenerative medicine and the like.
Let's just ...
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
My wife, daughter, and mother-in-law have been traveling around Wyoming for a week. The stated purpose of the trip was to do some research for a sequel to her first historical fiction, but my daughter sure is learning a lot out there having a good time, too. They've been to ...
Posted in Budgeting, Retirement | 7 Comments »
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Peak oil. Peak water. Great Depression, Part Deux. The Rapture. Justin Bieber.
OK, that last one was pretty scary. Sorry. But seriously, there are about 24.5 bajillion different bad things that could happen anywhere between 30 seconds from now until the Second Coming. And every last one of them has enough ...
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