HELLO 2021!!! I am welcoming you with open arms! On this first Friday of the year, I thought I would kick off the revival of Favorite Things Friday! I used to do this series and I’m really not sure why I stopped it because I loved doing it. Anyway, I’m …
Read More »Favorite Things Friday is Back: Something that made me laugh, a new favorite artist, something I’m excited to get in the mail, & much more!
HELLO 2021!!! I am welcoming you with open arms! On this first Friday of the year, I thought I would kick off the revival of Favorite Things Friday! I used to do this series and I’m really not sure why I stopped it because I loved doing it. Anyway, I’m …
Read More »: Cards Against Humanity skipped its annual Black Friday critique of capitalism and found something new
People have spending money on Lysol and Clorox during a year in which coronavirus has upended people’s lives. Cards Against Humanity eschewed its annual Black Friday stunt in light of the pandemic and protests regarding the killing of Black Americans by police. David Ryder/Getty Images For Cards Against Humanity, 2020 …
Read More »Domestic abusers are taking survivors’ stimulus checks — and lawmakers want the IRS to do something about it
While millions of Americans have saved, spent or invested their stimulus checks, some domestic-violence survivors have found themselves deprived of the financial lifeline and often saddled with the knowledge that their abuser has the money. Now, senators and advocates are pressing the Internal Revenue Service to send replacement checks to …
Read More »Will We Build Something Better?
Six weeks ago, when sheltering-at-home was relatively new, Sonya Renee Taylor shared this thought on Instagram, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. As restrictions start to open, what have we learned? Are we trying to get back to what we thought was “normal”? Will we take this chance …
Read More »Something Personal I Have to Face
The weather in South Carolina has been really nice that past week and pollen season is over. These two factors made it the perfect time to start staining the boat dock that extends out from the lakeside gazebo in my yard. Last year Ed ripped up and replaced the damaged …
Read More »Key Words: Warren Buffett on the ‘one-two punch’ market panic: It took me 89 years to experience something like this
“ ‘It wasn’t October 1987, but it was an imitation… [and the financial crisis] was much more scary, by far, than anything that happened [on Monday].’ ” That’s Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +1.22% BRK.B, +1.48% boss Warren Buffett putting the market volatility — which he described as a “one-two punch” of …
Read More »Something To Listen To This Week & Something To Make
Hey Quarantiners, I realize lots of people have lost all track of time and date, but I’m happy to tell you you’ve made it to Monday. Congratulations! Here are a few podcasts you can listen to this week: 1. I was a guest on Whitney Johnson’s famed Disrupt Yourself podcast …
Read More »The Moneyist: ‘My father has lived a life of crime and drugs. He threw away every opportunity we gave him.’ Now that he’s on disability, doesn’t he owe his kids something?
Dear Moneyist, For most of his life, my father has lived a life of crime and drugs. He threw away every opportunity we gave him, financial or otherwise. He was never really around besides the odd note written on yellow legal paper that I would get from time to time, …
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