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Some Thoughts on the Utter Hell of Air Travel – with a particular shout-out...
If you do not believe in hell, you have little experience with air travel. Unfortunately, I have such experience, lots of it. I know painfully, horribly well the cycle of disappointment, frustration,...
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Target – No Place for Bananas and a Larger Lesson in Frugal Living
I’m usually a big fan of Target, and I go there often for groceries. Like most people, I prefer to knock out all grocery shopping at once since it is one of those tasks I really dislike. As such,...
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Why DO so many women support Hillary Clinton? (Part II)
Last week I posed the question why would a thoughtful, responsible woman support Hillary Clinton. Aside from the patent phoniness about her, the endless list of head-shaking lies, her red herring...
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So why DO so many women support Hillary Clinton?
Oops, Donald Trump has done it again. He has enraged the women voters by saying that Hillary Clinton “plays the woman card” and suggesting that she would receive less than five percent of the vote...
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Secret “Shame” of the American Middle Class?
There’s a good article appearing on msn.com today concerning the “secret shame” of the middle class. Written by Neal Gabler for The Atlantic, it begins by revealing a surprising statistical find by...
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So What Are Quality Frugal Transportation Choices?
If you read this blog, you already know the importance of thinking it through in order to make a choice that is not only frugal but practical. When it comes to transportation, for example, we see that...
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Myth Buster: Is a Bicycle a Practical Transportation Alternative?
A popular website that touts the virtues of simple and frugal living is Mr. Money Mustache. The site shares the philosophy of a thirty-something (maybe forty or so now) computer engineer who retired...
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Do it Yourself? Know Your Limitations First.
Here is another one of those “no brainer” ideas for saving money: do it yourself. More than a long heralded principle of frugal living, “DIY” has become quite the vogue fad in the 21st Century. With...
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Does a Used Car Really Save?
Buy a used car and save tons of money. How many times have you heard it? It’s one of the top five suggestions on any “how to save money” article. It has become part and parcel of the frugalist...
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Message to President Obama: There is No Free Lunch
Well, we just endured another nauseating, divisive, pie-in-sky, head-in-the-sand speech from Barack Obama. Also known as the President’s State of the Union speech, Obama regaled his Democratic...
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Beware of the Four Percent Rule
Recently, USA Today revisited a popular subject amongst early retirement hopefuls: the so called “four percent rule.” The basic concept is that if a retiree withdraws no more than four percent of his...
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The Evolution of a Frugal Mindset
If you really want to excel in frugal living, the first thing to work on is not so much your spending habits but your mindset. All the rest follows. Frugal living, you see, is more than making...
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Does Hypermiling Really Improve Fuel Efficiency and is it Worth it?
Hypermiling is the latest vogue approach to maximizing fuel efficiency with extreme driving techniques and vehicle modifications. The father of hypermiling is arguably Wayne Gerdes of Wisconsin, who...
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Save Money on Insurance by Knowing the Harsh Truth About Insurance Companies
Oh brother, that annoying Allstate ad is airing again. You know, the one with the obnoxious dweeb who pretends to be the latest hazard or absent-minded mistake that causes a huge accident before...
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More Benefits of Credit Cards and Strategies for Effective Use
You know from my last post that credit cards, when used properly, are actually a great way to save money. The cash back bonus is like having a one to five percent off coupon on everything you buy....
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Saving Money with Credit Cards – a Tool of Frugal Living
Credit cards are one of the most ignored tools of frugal living. This is so because the credit card, bless it, has an undeserved reputation as a bad guy in the world of consumer debt. It is a most...
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SUVs, Trucks, and Other Foolish Means of Transportation
I tell you, sometimes I see things that just shake me up. Just check out this picture that I took from a downtown parking garage that I sometimes use. It is a site I see pretty much any time I...
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Emotions, Pride, and the Myth of Prius Savings
Man, did I ever strike a nerve with my post that questioned whether a Toyota Prius really accomplishes significant, or any, savings in the long run. The post elicited a number of comments from a...
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Some thoughts on the Myth of American “Exceptionalism” and why I am not proud...
Recently Fox News’ Megyn Kelly made headlines by interviewing Bill Ayers, one of the many controversial figures from Barack Obama’s past. Ayers is a former member of the Weather Underground...
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Outgrowing the home — seriously?
I recently lost a second neighbor from my cul-de-sac to the utterly silly mythical belief that they had “outgrown the house.” It kind of shakes me up because both of these homeowners were persons whom...
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