Thoughts and words from some interesting authors
When there is a wide spread crisis such as COVID – 19, it is inevitable for there to be financial catastrophe to go along with it. In Pt.1 of this article is a starter list of some things a good many people might have wished they thought of ahead of…
Boomers are smack dab in the middle of eligible retirement age facing a decision about when to draw from Social Security. There is no such thing as a one size fits all decision tool. For example, if both partners in a marriage are at an age for drawing Social Security…
I recently read a non-fiction account titled “The Emerald Mile,” by Kevin Fedarko. Within the pages, I came across a passage about dam building in the United States. The passage was related to the Grand Canyon and the taming of waters draining the Colorado River basin. I’ll paraphrase: By 1980,…
Last week while I was away from home and with time to kill, I stumbled on an article about the best places on the internet to make easy money. Most of the lists were composed of the same sites, such as Respondent and SwagBucks (one of those “you gotta spend…
What if… What if American households were all solar powered? What if American households with more than 2 occupants and 2+ vehicles swapped a combustion engined vehicle for an electric vehicle? What if American Cities with a population of over 100,000 did not allow vehicles to operate within their limits…
What do you say when a friend calls and asks if you’d be interested in hiking the trails of the Grand Canyon? “Why, yes of course,” I said, forgetting to ask about details before agreeing. It didn’t occur to me to inquire about the particulars such as duration, miles per…
Ponder this most coveted ratio: The circumference of a circle/Diameter. Yes, nearly everyone knows about ? and today is Pi day, so it is a good time to wonder… I wondered how the early mathematicians worked it out so I did a bit of research. I originally thought they may…
