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Having lost the ability to hop on planes and trains during the pandemic, many of us finally began to appreciate the beauty in our own backyards.
Cycle on a car-free stretch of highway
Among the many oddities of 2020, there was this: A…

12 Amazing Things To Do Outdoors In Western Canada (Including A Bit Of Florida… In The Prairies)

As part of the Martlet 70 Fundraiser, we’ve asked former Martlet staff to answer an important question: why do we need the Martlet?
I walked into the cavernous SUB office of the Martlet newspaper in the summer of 2003 and spent the rest of my…

Sarah Petrescu: Why Do We Need the Martlet?

A 465-year-old forearm of St. Francis Xavier will come to Victoria’s Roman Catholic cathedral this month as part of a cross-country pilgrimage tour.
“This relic rarely tours. It has a very prominent place at the main Gesù [Jesuit] church in Rome,”…

Religious relic, rarely on tour, in Victoria on Saturday

ON STAGE
What: God’s Lake
When: Thursday to Saturday
Where: Metro Studio Theatre, 1411 Quadra St.
Tickets: $22/15
For more information, visit: castlereigh.com
Francesca Albright was scanning the news when she came across a story about an unsolved…

Murder at God's Lake: Victoria theatre figures help shine light on remote Cree life

Vancouver Islanders love their mysteries and award-winning Canadian fiction, according to library statistics for 2017.
The Island’s libraries have released their annual lists of the most-read books, providing a glimpse into the minds and interests of…

Mysteries, Canadian fiction top Island library stacks in 2017

Hallie Rae Tuit made a dramatic entrance into the world on New Year’s Day with a surprise home birth and as the region’s first baby of 2018.
“She was due on Dec. 27 so we thought she might be a Christmas baby,” said mom Elaine Tuit at Victoria…

Delivery by dad: New Year birth a true family affair

The New Year’s Day levee at Government House was packed with people of all ages and backgrounds sipping soup and punch, nibbling goodies, enjoying the pipe bands and big bands, and greeting B.C.’s lieutenant-governor.
“I’d just like to say I…

New Year’s Day levee attracts a varied crowd

A 30-something man told his wife he was going to meet friends for a few drinks just before midnight in the spring of 2016. She saw that he was a bit drunk, but didn’t worry until after 2 a.m., when he hadn’t returned.
It’s not clear what led her…

The people behind the overdose crisis: What we found in 74 coroner's reports

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A 30-something man told his wife he was going to meet friends for a few drinks just before midnight in the spring of 2016. She saw that he was a bit drunk, but didn’t worry until after 2 a.m., when he hadn’t returned.
It’s not clear…

Coroner's Reports: The people behind the overdose crisis on Vancouver Island

IN CONCERT
What: A Child’s Christmas in Wales with Vox Humana
When: 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 24
Where: Saturday at St. Mary’s Anglican Church (1973 Cultra Ave., Saanichton) and Sunday at Alix Goolden…

Vox Humana back with annual Dylan Thomas favourite

What: Chicago the Musical
When: Through to Dec. 23
Where: The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.
Tickets: $89 and $99
For more information: rmts.bc.ca
Rating: Four-and-a-half stars (out of five)
If there were ever a chance to see a top-notch Broadway…

Review: Broadway ‘wow’ lands in Victoria via Chicago

A vending machine that distributes hydromorphone pills to people with opioid addictions — who will likely crush and inject them — is one idea being explored in a pilot project to curb overdose deaths.
“Right now, we’re asking people to go to an alley…

Drug-vending machine pitched to cut overdose deaths

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VICTORIA — Tony Hunt Sr., a hereditary chief of the North Island Kwagiulth people, world-renowned artist, champion and ambassador of traditional Aboriginal knowledge, died Friday in hospital in Campbell River surrounded by loved ones.…

First Nations artist and ambassador Tony Hunt Sr. has died at 75

Tony Hunt Sr., a hereditary chief of the north Island Kwagiulth people, world-renowned artist, champion and ambassador of traditional Aboriginal knowledge, died Friday at the hospital in Campbell River surrounded by loved ones. He was 75.
“He was…

Obituary: Tony Hunt Sr., famed artist and cultural force

ONSTAGE
What: Chicago the Musical
When: Monday to Dec. 23
Where: The Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.
Tickets: $89 and $99
For more information, visit: rmts.bc.ca
Dylis Croman was 14 years old when she met two Broadway legends who helped define her…

Chicago star mentored by legendary Roxies

IN CONCERT
What: A Jann Arden Christmas
When: Saturday, Dec. 16, 8 p.m.
Where: Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St.
Tickets: $30 to $105
For more information, visit: victoriasymphony.ca
Jann Arden expects this to be her mother’s last Christmas at home on…

Jann Arden mixes caring and Christmas in Victoria

More than 1,208 people have died from illicit drug overdoses in B.C. this year, the coroners service reported Monday.
Victoria and Vancouver Island continue to be in the top townships and health areas for overdose deaths.
The latest death toll in the…

Island tops list of fatalities from illicit-drug overdoses

What: Book launch of Runaway Wives and Rogue Feminists: The Origins of the Women’s Shelter Movement in Canada
Where: Greater Victoria Public Library Central Branch
When: 7 p.m. Dec. 5, free
More info: gvpl.ca
Journalist Margo Goodhand wrote a book…

Story of women’s shelter ‘needed to be written’

Victor Flett grew up feeling ashamed of his Aboriginal heritage, but buoyed by a strong family pride in military service. The Sooke widower is last in a family line of six Aboriginal men over three generations to serve in the Canadian Forces.
“I…

From racism to reconciliation: An Aboriginal veteran's story

ON STAGE
What: Shane Koyczan
When: Tuesday, 8 p.m.
Where: McPherson Playhouse
Tickets: $37
More information: shanekoyczan.com
Canada’s superstar poet Shane Koyczan got his grandmother a cat to keep her company while he’s on the road.
“Touring is how…

Roaming superstar poet Shane Koyczan aims for home

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 This year, 2021, is the first time in five years that I have had the opportunity to plant a real garden. The year 2016 was the last time I planted, when I lived at my rural home in the woods in Central Minnesota. In the summer of 2016, I sold my…

The Excitement and Hope of Planting This Year's Garden

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After nearly seven years, I’m retiring my blog soon. It’s just become too expensive to keep it going–more than $2,000 per year for all the fees, security services, etc., to keep hackers away and keep the website…

My blog will be retired soon

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Hooray for Biden-Harris!
What a relief that Joe Biden will start immediately to reverse the damage to our public lands and wildlife done by Trump and his terrible Cabinet appointees. Hooray for Biden-Harris!
We hope…

Hooray for Biden-Harris!

Welcome to Thingscouldbeworse.org!
This blog is designed to help anyone who is thinking about retiring, or is already retired. Everyone who works for many years will eventually think about retirement and wonder how to do it.
I’ve done it. I’ve been…

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It’s been two years since the beautiful, strong Yellowstone wolf Spitfire (wolf 926f) was killed by a Montana hunter less than a mile from the Yellowstone National Park border, near Silvergate, Montana. This wolf was known all over the world and her…

In Memoriam: Spitfire (wolf 926f) killed two years ago

It’s clear now that COVID-19 is not going away any time soon. What we thought back in March–that it might last a few weeks–was wrong. Unfortunately, experts now say that the virus will be with us for another 12 to 18 months.
So how are we going to…

How To Get Through the Pandemic Months Ahead

All around the world, people are living their lives inside their homes, most fearing to go out because of COVID-19. Many of us have lost our jobs, been laid off temporarily, or had our hours reduced. It’s hard times. We need to reduce expenses and…

49 Ways You Can Reduce Expenses and Live Better in 2020

Unless you’re in an essential occupation, you are stuck at home for the next few weeks or months. If so, you have a lot of time on your hands. This can be a problem. Or it can be an opportunity.
How many times have you said to yourself, “I’d like to…

Things to do while you’re stuck at home

If you’re over 55, then in the U.S. you’re considered old or even elderly. In the dominant American culture of European Americans, this is not a good thing. Among people of different heritages (Africans, African Americans, American Indians, Asians,…

How you can be a better old person

Things could be worse

Self-Care is an important part of good health. And self-care in retirement is even more important now than when you were younger. Let’s look at what self-care in retirement is and why it is important.
What is self-care?
Self-care is the practice of…

Self-Care in Retirement

When thinking about retirement, many people picture themselves doing activities like fishing, boating, traveling, eating out with friends, or sitting on a beach with a spouse. Retirement is frequently thought of as a time to enjoy your favorite…

Retirement: time to enjoy your favorite things

So far, we have survived the presidency of Donald Trump. But we have scars and we have a lot to do if we are to assure that he does not win re-election in 2020. But there are simple things you can do now to help win the 2020 election. Ready? Go!
We…

Simple things you can do now to help win the 2020 election

Minnesota black wolf photo by Conrad Tan.
America’s wolves need your help. The Trump Administration has targeted wolves for removal from the Endangered Species List so that hunters can shoot them.
This is wrong. It cannot be allowed to happen.
You…

How you can help save wolves

Updated: March 16, 2019. It’s been over two years since Donald Trump was sworn in as our 45th President. Since then, we have seen his and the Republican Congress’s unprecedented attacks on science, energy efficiency standards, women’s rights,…

How to resist the Trump agenda (#resist)

February is a time when it’s difficult for me to cope with feelings of overwhelming sadness. The sadness comes from a situation over which I have no control: part of my family, or what used to be my family, is missing. I have to deal with a broken…

How to deal with a broken heart

I have never understood why some people – usually men – hate wolves, bears, lions, tigers, eagles, hawks, and other predators so much that they devote money, time, and effort to kill them. Why people kill wildlife is a topic worth examining.
I’m…

Why people kill wildlife

(Wolf Photo from AltYellowstoneNatPark)
YOU can help save our national parks. Yes, YOU!
Did you know that the parks need saving? No? Well keep reading!
Our national parks are under attack by more than a dozen members of Congress, by the President,…

8 ways you can help save our national parks

Our country is irreparably divided, in my opinion. It’s time to split the U.S. into two countries. As a progressive, I cannot understand or connect with the people I see on TV at Trump rallies. These people do not accept the principles and values of…

It’s time to split the U.S. into two countries

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Mr. & Mrs. Witch by Gwenda Bond begins innocently enough on the morning of a wedding of two people very much in love. It’s sweet and funny and then, well, things escalate quickly once the bride and groom have their secret identities forcibly…

Review: Mr. & Mrs. Witch: Delightful and Delicious

is, against all odds, a true celebration of Dick Grayson, past and present, and sets up a tremendous future for the first Robin, a character who’s long since evolved from a sidekick. Why do I say against all odds? Because for a long time, DC…

Review: Nightwing #100: A Celebration

Culling the pull list is always fun! I’m an immigrant. I’m not what you think of when you think of an immigrant – I migrated from one first-world English-speaking country to a different first-world English-speaking country – … Man, death sucks. In in…

The Greg Hatcher Legacy Files #11: ‘Friday’s (and Saturday’s) Annual Inventory’

The Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary edition, is an original graphic novel of 12 short comic stories of over 200 pages. It was originally published via Kickstarter this year but is available now for purchase to everyone. The 50th…

LitStack Review| Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary Edition

The Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida doesn’t have the cachet of the Disney properties but if you have the right list of do’s and don’ts, you can have as much fun, less expensively, and in only two days. I first visited the Resort in 2017,…

Universal Orlando: Do’s and Don’ts

I started my reporting from New York Comic Con with good intentions and, yet, sadly, only managed a day one overall NYCC 2022 article. I did write up two panels for Multiversity Comics: the George Perez Tribute and “Criminal Compulsions: The Appeal…

NYCC 2022: Bigger and Different

Moderator Lily Herman investigated the allure of crime stories for creators and readers at a Saturday morning panel at New York Comic Con 2022: “Criminal Compulsions: The Appeal of Crime Fiction.” The panelists were novelists Sweeney Boo (Over My…

NYCC Panel Report: Crime Novelists Talk Criminal Compulsions

The “Remembering George Perez” panel at NYCC was exactly that: a heartfelt sharing of personal memories of the legendary artist by the panelists. Perez’s incredible talent was mentioned, yes, and panelist Dan Didio said his work was DC in the 1980s,…

NYCC 2022: Remembering George Perez

NYCC 2022 Day 1 was great for exploring the Exhibitors and Artists’ Alley and, combined with attending two panels, was a long but successful day. NYCC 2022 Day 1: The Stuff A little background on my journey to the con. I took the Amtrak to Penn…

NYCC 2022 Day 1 Report: Sights and Panels

My list of NYCC 2022 attending panels is the exact opposite of what it usually is. In years past, my most frequent stop is Artist’s Alley to discover new-to-me artists and creators, sometimes to buy prints or even a commission. I have kept my panel…

NYCC 2022: Previewing The Panels

I had love expectations for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It is based mostly on the Second Age of Middle Earth, as depicted in the Appendices of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Those stories are sketches, at best, of larger…

The Incredible Tolkien-ness of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

There’s a growing connection between New York Comic Con, Broadway, and New York City. In 2021. despite the smaller pandemic-style con, there were several panels featuring Broadway theater actors being their nerdy selves. This year, the relationship…

Welcome to Broadway at New York Comic Con

I had one overwhelming emotional reaction to watching the first three episodes of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: I’m home. My History With Middle Earth I first became obsessed with J.R.R. Tolkein’s Middle Earth in seventh grade. I read Lord…

“Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”: My Return to Middle Earth

The story structure of Marvel’s Eternals is all wrong according to what I’ve been taught. I love it anyway If you’ve read any of my articles about writing, you know I’m a stickler for story structure. There are certain storytelling elements that will…

Eternals: The Theme is What Resonates

One of the main questions that was used in a writing critique group I belonged to was “how does this story make you feel?” The answer to that question for The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories is that I feel compassion and kindness…

“The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories”

As much as I’ve loved the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it has always had its share of issues, primarily the focus on only one type of hero–white, straight, and male. As the MCU grew, it seemed that was changing, bringing in characters like Black…

The Sidelining of MCU Moms

Ideally, writing a mystery requires careful planning, a mound of research, and the ability to think more deviously than the reader. Notice I said “ideally,” because I’ve written mysteries where *I* didn’t know the solution to the crime until after I…

The Steps To Writing a Mystery

My East Coast road trip this year featured an overnight stop at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the site of a three-day-long Civil War battle that ended in a Union victory, a turning point in the war. It was a stop well…

Gettysburg National Military Park: 2022 Road Trip

Brianna Longwell Aardvark-Vanaheim Ablaze Action Lab Comics AfterShock Comics Ahoy Comics Albatross Funnybooks Amigo Comics Antarctic Press Archie Comics Avatar Press AWA Studios Batman Black Mask Studios Boom! Studios Chapterhouse Comics Dark Horse…

I love series. My must-buy list is mainly comprised series books. My eagerness for the next story filled with characters and worlds that I love is intense. I’m not alone. Why We Love Them Genre fiction has been built on series from the beginning. The…

Why People Love Series

By Naomi Reiter
PRACC, the Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising Professionals of Collier County, held their annual mixer at Shula's Steakhouse July 20. All were welcome to mingle and enjoy complimentary hors d'ouevres, including sesame chicken…

PRACC mixer reaches out

Bambusa is a casual, laid back restaurant that happens to dish up fantastic food that won't set your charge card on fire. "This one is more fun," said Biondi, about his newest restaurant.
Where did the name come from? "It means 'bamboo'," he said.…

At Bambusa, Bam Bam Bar only one way to get neighborly

Hall worked as a zookeeper at the Naples Zoo for over a dozen years before joining the Survivor cast and travelling to Guatemala, where she was one of the final five contestants. She now works on a horse farm in town. Hall is an animal lover, and…

Survivor star turns out for Humane Society

The children who attend Camp Gan Israel become part of the Chabad Naples Gan Izzy (short for Gan Israel) family.
"At the end of a busy camp day when I see a camper turn to give her counselor a hug, and she says, 'I wish I could be here all year…

Summer fun! Kids kept busy at Camp Gan Izzy

In 1978, Susan G. Komen was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, little was known about the disease. Komen died in her mid-30s, and her sister, Nancy Brinker, established the foundation in 1982 with the goal to end breast cancer.
Cells normally…

Breast cancer awareness melts in your mouth, not in your hand

"It did seem strange that no one had done it yet," said Amy Schneider, of the Planned Giving Committee and Fowler White Boggs Banker employee. According to Schneider, Northwestern Mutual's Kevin Lawhon had organized a successful golf tournament to…

First annual Red Cross golf tourney in Collier County

The show first hit Broadway March 2, 1995 and ran 2,036 performances. It originally starred Ken Ard, Adrian Bailey, Brenda Braxton, Victor Trent Cook, B.J. Crosby, Pattie Darcy Jones, DeLee Lively, Frederick B. Owens and Michael Park.
A parade of…

Toe-tapping nostalgia Rock 'n' roll hits Fifth Avenue

"It's a place for Cub Scouts to go to do activities to get your badge," said Cub Scout Rhodes Conover.
According to Conover, a scout has to earn 20 activity badges to advance. He is currently going for Webelos. Webelos are boys who have completed…

Home town summer camps Cub Scouts packs unite

Fans of daytime television turned out at Lely Resort's Players Club & Spa to mingle with their favorite actors from All My Children, As The World Turns, One Life to Live, Guiding Light, The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital during the 2006…

Suds and studs Soap stars light up Lely for charity

The 2006 hurricane season has barely started and already Neapolitans are spending rainy afternoons inside. Will another storm simply undo a replanting of the lost trees? Not if the replacement trees are live oaks.
Banyan is a tropical fig-bearing…

Will Spanish moss drip above Crayton?

Scheeler opened and ran two restaurants on Marco Island before retiring to Costa Rica.
There, he met and married wife, Judy, and the itch to do something motivated him to return to Collier County. Scheeler knew that he no longer had a taste for the…

At Friends Cafe, American provides world of comfort

The Rowing Association of Naples (RAN) offers instruction and coaching to all ages of rowing enthusiasts. About 30 members utilize the 10 boats and loads of encouragement offered at RAN.
Director Dave Curry and President Chuck Roth supervise the…

Rowing is growing

Congress Jewelers Sales Professionals Marta Nilson and Danielle Davids outside the jewelry store on Fifth Avenue South.

Sun Spot - Nilson and Davids

Naples resident Lauren E. Smith recently jumped this hurdle by having her first novel, Ashley Enright Investigations, published. Smith has a nine-year-old nephew who loves to read and who inspired the writer to create a world of her own.
"He's my…

Local author breaks through tough genre

June 1 the staff at Naples Sun Times (NST) enjoyed a Hummer limo-driven (provided by Big Shotz Limousines) pub crawl to four local venues for our annual employee party.
Our first stop was Joey's Pizza & Pasta for sinfully delicious garlic rolls,…

Proud to crawl home

The classes reminded Nikolov that as a child of seven or eight he had become sick, and was sent to his village's healing woman. She eased his discomfort through massage. Young Nikolov was impressed and tried to mimic the healing woman when his…

Healing hands bring Olympic experience

"We never closed for one storm, one hurricane, nothing," said Ackerman. Del's has provided dry ice to the hospital, and even was the site for several midnight weddings, as Ackerman's wife, Nancy Rose, is a notary - 24-hour, of course.
The…

Del's proves them wrong

"We want to make sure we keep things interesting for our members," said Teresa Morgenstern, president of PRSA Gulf Coast. Morgenstern felt that the two mock-interviews provided a valuable learning opportunity for her members. "It's a real eye-opener…

Media, PR professionals walk in each other's shoes

Lavender, pink and yellow baby trumpet trees sat waiting in the Windstar Garden Room. Year-round resident Don Harmon was instructed to get a pink or lavender tree by his wife. "We have a yellow one," he said.
Trumpet trees are native to Central and…

Neapolitans answer trumpet's call at Botanical Garden

That's right, our nation's mascot, icon and endangered species lives right here. About 20 bald eagle nests are known to exist around Naples Bay.
"They generally nest within a mile of a water body where they can fish for food," said Florida Fish &…

America's symbol Eagles soar on Naples Bay

I never want this to happen to you. Michael Lewis – the author of Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, etc – has a terrific podcast called Against the Rules. In a recent episode, Lewis and famous baseball statistician Bill James were discussing…

Moneyball’s Essential Stock Market Lesson

Saving money is a no-brainer. Its benefit is obvious. You have more money! Your bank account grows. Your 401(k) grows. You can retire (potentially early) and do fun things with the savings you’ve built up over time. But there’s a second, hidden…

The Hidden Benefit of Saving Money

You’re seeing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the news. People are comparing it to the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. What’s going on? Let’s talk about Silicon Valley Bank in simple terms. I’m writing this ~2pm EST on Sunday March 12. I will update…

Silicon Valley Bank 101

Outsiders think they know how something works. You know the type. Those armchair experts opining at the Thanksgiving table. The least experienced are the most confident in their knowledge. Insiders actually know how something works. And that, as the…

Great Investors’ Little Secret

Lawrence recently wrote in: Dear Jesse, My wife is 70 and I’m about to turn 70, and we’ve been retired for 8 years, and even with the tough market in 2022, our portfolio is up 40% from when we retired – from ~$3M to $4.2M. But I can’t bring myself to…

Dying with Millions

The McDonald’s Test is a simple way to ask yourself: am I really enjoying the fruits of my labor? While chatting with a client last year, we discussed a vital financial planning topic: spending their retirement savings. It’s challenging for many…

The McDonald’s Test

Retirement math can be complex. Investment returns, Social Security, spending rates, etc. But we’re keeping it simple today. We’re going to cover a basic concept that will allow you to retire decades early. Imagine a married couple with the following…

How to Retire Decades Early

Rochester is home to a dedicated clutch of platform tennis addicts. And you ask: what is platform tennis? Platform tennis (a.k.a. “paddle tennis” or, most often, just “paddle”) is an outdoor-only cold-weather racket sport, played almost exclusively…

The Negative Arts of Money and Paddle

As of October 2022, stocks were down 25% from their previous high. Bonds were down 15% over the same period. A “balanced” 60/40 portfolio was down 21%. It was, by some measure, the worst investing year in a lifetime. But life goes on. What’s happened…

Portfolios Are Up How Much?!?!

Samuel Bolton Jr. was a successful businessman, brewer, politician, and philanthropist in Troy, NY in the late 1800s. Why, then, did Bolton kill himself by diving into a vat of hot beer? He didn’t understand risk. No, not the risk of diving into…

The Investor Who Died In a Vat of Hot Beer

I wish I could run 5 miles a day without the discomfort, the exertion, and the required hour of time. (Yeah, I’m slow). But there’s no such thing as “passive running.” You either run or you don’t. The same goes for a healthy diet. And reading. And…

Don’t Be A Dummy. Be A Chicken.

What happens when you die? Will your soul travel to an ethereal plane? Does your spirit remain on Earth? Or, more simply, does your body decompose from whence it came? Welcome to The Existential Interest, a new blog where I wax philosophical on the…

Estate Planning 101

Investing is all about risk and reward. When investors take more risk, they demand more reward. One such “risk premium” is the concept of illiquidity. Liquid assets are easily converted to cash. Stocks are liquid. You can buy or sell them five days a…

The Easiest Money That Investors Ignore

For you cave-dwellers, Wordle is a word-guessing game where you have six guesses to correctly find a 5-letter word. After each guess, you learn which letters you’ve guessed correctly and if you placed those letters in the right/wrong spot. There are…

Wordle’s Hidden Financial Lesson

All the following inflation data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Food at home costs are up 12% year-over-year. This affects you! (Unless you’re a mystical no-food yogi…yikes). We all need to eat. But can we make economical food choices to…

The Secret To Beating Inflation

Math can unlock the world for us. But only if we use it accurately. A quick lesson today on investment performance. Apologies if I end up being soap-boxy. But bad math (especially by experts) ruffles my feathers. To start, it’s high time The Best…

Even “Experts” Measure Stupidly

Another quarter in the books! Every three months, I take a look at my personal finances, share recent news from The Best Interest, and show you more dog pictures. Here are my previous quarterly updates: Why share this info? To brag about money?! No…

Net Worth, Projects, and Dogs – Update Q4 2022

On a recent episode of Freakonomics, author Yuval Noah Harari** said: Viruses exist whether we believe in them or not. Even if you don’t accept the stories about viruses, they can still kill you. Yuval Noah Harari 🚨 This is not an article about…

9 Scientific Facts to Improve Your Finances

My wife’s family lives in Clarence, NY, about 10 miles east of downtown Buffalo. We sat in their house for Christmas as 4 feet of snow and consistent 50-70 mph winds snow-globed the world around us. Buffalo got crushed by this storm. But probably NOT…

A Cold Lesson from the Buffalo Blizzard

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost Most people know Robert Frost’s famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Especially the last few lines, written above. And most people…