Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Interesting Thoughts, That Aren't Always Mine

Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.


Buying A Rental Property Best Practices (Get Rich Slow)

25 Nov 2024 2 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

When I quit my corporate job of 20 years awhile back, I thought I wanted to be a real estate guy.  I wanted to start buying houses to rent and become crazy wealthy. Well, after buying my first property, it did not take long to realize I did not like...

Dish Network To Sell For One Dollar (Lesson Number Two)

23 Nov 2024 2 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

(I just heard on the radio, DirecTV may be backing out of the deal, but, I had most of this written already) I previously wrote about the first lesson I learned from my 20 plus years at Dish Network, and today I am hitting on the second lesson.  If y...

Dish Network To Sell For One Dollar

18 Nov 2024 2 minute read 10 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

I worked for Dish Network for about 20 years. The company has reached an agreement to be bought by DirecTV next year for one dollar, a deal that also says DTV will take on about 10 billion in debt. This news got me remembering my time there, before I...

A Billionaire State of Mind

16 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

I have written about working for a billionaire before. I left a while back to stay at home more but I was recently reading that the company is being sold, and thinking about the founder "Charlie" finally walking way got me thinking about my life.  Wh...

DOGE Sour Grapes (We Have Seen Elon Musk Do This Before)

13 Nov 2024 1 minute read 7 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

OK, I get it. I know why Dogecoin is up almost 400 percent in the last month. I just don't like it. It is the same reason it went over .70 a few years a go: Elon Musk. This is one of the main reasons that crypto gets a bad name. Sure everything is up...

I Wouldn’t Recommend Anyone Invest In Cryptocurrencies

6 Nov 2024 2 minute read 1 comment SeventyFourSeventyFive

“I wouldn’t recommend anyone invest in cryptocurrencies,” was a quote from John Paulson.  He continued, “I would describe them as a limited supply of nothing. So to the extent there’s more demand than the limited supply, the price would go up. But to...

Maybe The Dumbest I Ever Was

4 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

In my early twenties, the internet on mobile devices and phones was gaining steam.  As someone who was blessed with an ability to remember pop-culture facts (and little else) at the time, I thought it was a talent that would soon be useless, since an...

The History Of The Bitcoin Faucet

3 Nov 2024 1 minute read 3 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

You know you have done it, you have signed up and rolled a faucet and collected your free crypto.  Most of us after awhile learned this was no way to get rich. On the popular Cointiply website, you can a faucet roll every hour, and after four hours,...

Dividend Vs. Non-Dividend Stocks

15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

No advice on individual stocks here, just the basics of why you would/should choose certain types of investments. Dividend Stocks Has a steady income from your investment, even if the stock is down. This is great for retirees and people looking to us...

HBO’s “Money Electric” Documentary: Has the Identity of Bitcoin's Creator Finally Been Revealed?

10 Oct 2024 1 minute read 7 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive

The following are two excerpts from an article about the an HBO documentary about the identity of the creator of Bitcoin. The second paragraph on "Why It Matters" is what caught my eye.  The idea that confirmation of the creator of BTC will fundament...