Just tidbits and info about whatever comes to my mind.
5 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
Here are some fun Christmas facts for you to peruse on this 24th: Christmas wasn't always on December 25. The day of Jesus's birth is actually not mentioned in the Bible. It was initially believed to have taken place on January 6, but for reasons unk...
3 Dec 2024 1 minute read 2 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
Time to revisit my love of words. You would think I would have a lot less errors in my article as much as I enjoy the English language. Christmas always reminds me of my search for one word oxymorons, essentially a word that contradicts itself. I wa...
2 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
As Christmas approaches, I thought I would revisit and update an old post for my 8 new followers I got this year. Plus, no one reads posts not related to finance or crypto on here, so these upcoming Christmas posts are basically for myself. Has anyon...
30 Nov 2024 2 minute read 5 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
I guess this is news? A recent article at Yahoo talked about Justin Sun eating a 6.2 dollar banana: Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Friday fulfilled a promise he made after spending $6.2 million on an artwork featuring a banana duct-taped to a wall...
30 Nov 2024 3 minute read 3 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....
27 Nov 2024 4 minute read 7 comments SeventyFourSeventyFive
One of the great questions here on earth has always been, “Is there someone, or something intelligent, else out there in space?” The question has been in the news as of late, with even the US Congress wanting answers about supposed UFOs. So sure, wh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
