I’ve pondered this post for a long time. And as I finally sat to write it I quickly ran the math. With an average heartbeat of 60-100 bpm, 500 million heartbeats would be about 12 years old. It’s ironic as that number is very close to the age of the first person who I lost […]
How my Hotel stacks up against my House
I’m traveling again, it seems like forever since we have done this, and it is fantastic! As I walked into this latest hotel room, the Radisson Blu Madrid Prado, I had the same thought strike me again – how does this stack up against my home? It is especially relevant now as I am wrapping […]
Cheat Day – just pay cash…
This weekend we had Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and today Cyber Monday. They really drive home the ‘sales’and the feeling that I am going through right now – overload. Yesterday I pulled the trigger on the appliances purchase for my new home, as an example of the savings I bought a Refrigerator that was […]
Saverocity Charity Update – Q4
Saverocity charity update post. We selected Stop Hunger Now as our charity for Q4. We did this by shortlisting and voting over in the Forum. I promised to assign an amount equal to all of my own credit card income from 10/1 to 12/31 to this cause. Additionally, as this charity was our first to […]
Retiring on a Cruise Ship
Would you like to spend your retirement, or even a very early retirement, traveling around the world on a cruise ship, while earning money in the meantime? I’m not suggesting becoming an employee, rather a long term, highly valued guest . There seems a spot where you can find arbitrage within renting out your accommodation via […]
Using Twitter to get VIP level Customer Service from major brands
This post is a confluence of recent thoughts and experiences, as such, I hope it makes sense! This week we swapped a phone over from AT&T to Republic Wireless. In doing so the number ported over before we migrated the contacts. As such we received a text (SMS) message asking my wife “how was your […]
Sunday Reader Question – Will a United agent have Phone Sex with me?
Yesterday we moved again, for the penultimate time this year. Slow closings will do that to you. During these times my posts can drop off a bit, but I do try to respond to emails as much as possible. The issue I sometimes face with replying personally is that people start relying on you for […]
Stewardship shouldn’t exclude
Stewardship is a phrase that upset some people yesterday, so I thought to explain the reasons for it again here. I believe that you need to know your basics before you learn advanced technique. This is true in anything. In martial arts you can’t perform complex strikes and throws until you understand your own balance points […]
Hey! Enough with the Drama already
What is it with the Internet and Drama? Get a grip people! I am too busy trying to enjoy the few hours of sleep I can get and perfecting a 9 second diaper change for this bollocks.“Hark! What drama?” I hear you cry.Well yesterday a blogger ‘outed’ the biggest kept secrets in Manufactured Spending for one! […]
Success- Hacking Vegas Comps
I’ll use the term success in its most liberal and artistic form… but I do feel that by factoring in the new angles of this post, my recent Failed – Hacking Vegas Comps becomes a LOT more viable. I know that many readers here are travel fanatics, as such some things I talk of are […]