Archive for October, 2012

It was 25 Years Ago Today

I was 11 when Sgt. Peppers came out. I had mumps. I also had my first good stereo (a passion which continues to this day). I listened to the album many, many times. I have vivid recollections. These days I listen to Sgt. Peppers only very rarely (partially because many […]

Google Oops

Now there’s something you don’t see everyday: a big public company accidentally releasing its quarterly earnings announcement before it was finalized and before the market closed, precipitating a 10% drop in the stock price and a halt of trading in its shares. Google fall down and go boom-boom-big today on […]

What Does It Mean When Big Negative Numbers Get Smaller?

So, say you have a big negative number, such as, oh, I dunno, a negative 1 trillion, and say that that number measures something. And say that you measure that thing a year later and it now measures out at a negative 900 billion. Is that second number smaller or […]

When HIPAAs Attack

As many of you know, I have been learning, up close and personal, a lot about elder issues, as my family comes together to help my father, who will be 89 in a few weeks, navigate the shoals of elder care on all sorts of levels — the financial, the […]

On Shelter Comings and Goings, and Refinancings: The Certainty of Uncertainty

One week off from writing, and I felt at a loss for a topic, until listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio this morning and then . . . I listened to Dave answer an emailed question along the lines of, “Dave, I can re-fi my mortgage, which is at 5.125%, […]

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