This is just going to be a quick, benchmark post that summarizes my year end stats. With over 6,000 page views and roughly 3,000 visitors, it wasn’t exactly a stellar year. However, the year ended with some momentum and I did double my traffic from the previous year. I’d estimate that about 10% of that […]
Traveling on holiday’s is way over rated
Life’s full of potholes Let me preface this post with the disclosure that this coming April I will have been married to my wife for 29 years! Yay for that! It’s truly something to celebrate. So, I’ve been doing this “holiday” travel thing for quite a number of years. However, visiting her blended extended family […]
What will NOT happen when you reach FI
On weekend mornings I like to lay on the couch and watch early morning TV. (sometimes Merry joins me). Often, I’m watching real estate shows that feature multi-million dollar NYC apartments. Over the years, I’ve slowly realized…”that’s probably not going to happen.” This particular post has taken on many titles in my mind: “What do […]
Finance after 50
Money and FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) are the name of the game, right? I was drawn to the FIRE community because I’ve pretty much been living my life this way for quite a while now. Probably since I was 15 and had a 5am paper route. Our networth, all in, is over $1M […]
Fitness after 50
Fitness after 50 This post is meant to feature some of the core topics I’d like to focus on within this blog. The main items of Finance, Food and Fitness, will eventually be referenced on my “about me” page. These posts are meant to be a “Starting point” for readers and visitors. It’s always an […]
Food after 50
How our dietary needs change after a certain age Let’s face it, our metabolism slows down dramatically as we age. That leaves us with a couple of choices. Change what we eat and/or reduce the amount we eat. Secondly we need to increase our exercise a bit. I never did that. I always tempted the […]
How I boosted my traffic by unfollowing on twitter
Unfollowing on twitter As bloggers, we all want more traffic, right? Blogging is one of the most narcissistic things we do. It just is. That’s OK. We all want to help others, but at the end of the day, I’m doing this for the traffic and ultimately, someday, the revenue those page views will generate. […]
What song best captures your finance journey?
Bon Vivant I originally had this link at the end of the post, but if you’re not familiar with the song, you probably want to take a quick listen first. A good “live” version of the song resides here on Youtube, which is the version I’m most familiar with. Ah, the “good life”! Who doesn’t […]
Anatomy of a frugal purchase
Unexpected expenses The other day my computer hard drive decided to “give up the ghost”. Ugh… even as a seasoned IT guy, I always dread when I have computer problems. They’re just too disruptive to my “work flow”. However, this needed to be handled promptly. Sometimes I can be a bit cynical about “upgrade paths”. […]
Evaluating your collectibles as an investment
Will Mickey Mantle pay your rent? One of my favorite lines in any movie is one from the movie “A Bronx tale”. Chazz Palminteri makes a comment to a young kid, who idol worship’s Mickey Mantle in the 1950s. He tells the kid to “..ask your Father if Mickey Mantle will pay his rent?”. He […]