Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.


Random Question On 100,000 Dollars

21 Aug 2025 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

So, imagine you had one hundred thousand dollars that you could only invest in Bitcoin. How would you go about doing it? 1. Buy 100,000 dollars today.  2. Dollar Cost Average. Buy a thousand dollars a week for the next two years, or some version of t...

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Early?

18 Aug 2025 3 minute read 4 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I paid off my house long before the 30 year mortgage was due. In fact, because of some blind luck in my housing market, I was able to sell a house I bought right out of college and only take out a small loan to buy a larger house when I got married....

TV Now and Then. Kids Don't Know What They Are Missing (Updated)

5 Jul 2025 3 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Updates thanks to a comment on an older post from B18. My kids heard the term "Jumping The Shark" the other day and were asking me about it. I am at the age where I watched Happy Days live and remember that episode well. I also remember being a kid a...

Take Your Profit

2 Jul 2025 2 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

This is a follow up to an article I wrote some time back about the other side of buying crypto... selling crypto. We are at an interesting time as BTC is about 15 percent off its all-time high.  People may be waiting for it to go back up, or scared i...

Would You Buy It Today?

30 Jun 2025 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I was checking out my Robinhood account yesterday, and I had been holding on to some Clorox stock. If you don't know, Clorox took off during COVID, as they make a lot of cleaning products, and then dropped over fifty percent afterward. This is when I...

AARP Letter

27 Jun 2025 1 minute read 8 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

So, I am all for small government, but, someone has to do something. Yesterday was my 50th birthday. Now, I am not saying I am some spring chicken. I get that most probably more than half my life has past, but, that is no reason to get a letter from...

As Soon As People Decide That Crypto Is Valueless, It Will We Be

22 Jun 2025 2 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

Don't get mad at me for the title, it is not me saying it.  This is the first line from an article on the Guardian website. The actual title of the article is: If Crypto Is Incorporated Into Australia's Financial System, We Will Be Lucky To Avoid Con...

"Plug Me In Just Like I was Eddie Harris"

14 Jun 2025 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

In 1992, the Beastie Boys had a song called "So What'cha Want." Why am I writing about a song from the early 90's, because it wasn't until today that I actually looked up who Eddie Harris was from the line in the song that the title of this little ar...

“Nothing is as boring as other people's dreams.” ― John Green, Paper Towns

5 Jun 2025 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

My wife loves to tell me about her dreams. It is a daily occurrence to hear her tell about all the crazy things that happened to her while she slept the night away.  For the betterment of our marriage, I listen politely and nod every once in awhile. ...

Warren Buffett Retiring

24 May 2025 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

Warren Buffett is finally calling it quits at 94 years old. That is crazy, but, even in how he retires he protects shareholder wealth. At any point in the last thirty or forty years, if Buffet would have walked away from Berkshire Hathaway, the stock...