My Comments: On a lighter note, here is how you may be flying to Pheonix in a couple of decades. Or to Europe, etc. Perhaps I’ll be with you in spirit. My first plane flight was in 1947. Or maybe it was 1946; I can’t remember. I do know it was from London to Brussels, …
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The Need for Speed — Is There a Limit to Moore’s Law?
My Comments: OK, this has nothing to do with investments or estate planning or taxes or what I usually talk about. It has to do with computers. My computer has sat on my desk now for about 5 years and it works great. But the software is getting a little long in the tooth. Not …
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Obama Needs to Play The Honest Broker in the Mideast
My Comments: It’s Friday, I’m looking forward to the weekend, and yet the world keeps spinning and I can’t keep up. I’ve found myself turning off the TV when I find airheads talking about Isreal and Gaza, not because it isn’t important, but because I’m tired of hatred that has no other rationale than “my …
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25 Things You Should Do Before You Die
My Comments: This appeared in a financial planning magazine and really doesn’t need any comments from me. I’d only mess it up. Well, wait a minute. Years and years agao, before computers, social media and instant messaging, I read that every man should achieve three goals. They were to build a house, father a child …
A Few Other Examples of Murphy’s Law
My Comments: According to WordPress, whose templates I use for this website, this is my 900th blog post since I started this in April, 2011. Now that the hurricane has gone off to harass someone else, please accept my wishes to you and your family for a fun July 4th. Today is not a day to …
Perspective
From time to time my natural balance, especially my mental balance, gets out of whack. Some in my family argue this is increasingly frequent. To solve this, I sometimes turn to images and thoughts about the vast emptiness of the universe. Thinking about this and looking at images like this one leads me to conclude …
Scorpions, Chiggers & Sand Fleas
My Comments: I wish I knew who wrote this and who sent it to me so I could give them proper credit. The closest I’ve come to “war” was my early years in England when the Germans were dropping bombs on the surrounding countryside near London. Intellectually I know that from time to time it’s …
To-do Lists That Actually Get Done
My Comments: How many of you actually made a list of New Year’s Resolutions? I used to make them, but it became pointless. Very little conformed to reality and few were accomplished. So no list of resolutions for me this year. But it is helpful to be somewhat organized, and if you live a middle-class …
Merry Christmas!
Right now, it's about 9:30 in the morning of Christmas Eve. But in parts of Australia and New Zealand, Santa has already come down the chimney and is on his way back to the North Pole. (Does he have a distribution center at the South Pole?) So, just as an early glass of Scotch causes …
A Glimpse Into the Recent Past…
I hope everyone had a fine Thanksgiving, with family and friends, as did all of us (27 people plus 7 dogs!). Great to see everyone on this annual event. But back to reality... I’ve long been fascinated by the scale of time and my inability to get my arms around the concept. I suspect I’m …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 