Tag: money
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“This is the Life”
Ben is sitting next to me listening to Weird Al. “This is the Life” is a fun song. “Women lined up outside my door/They’ve been waiting there since a week before.” “You’re dead for a real long time/ You just can’t prevent it/ So if money can’t buy happiness/ I guess I’ll have to rent…
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Art Career
I was talking about my art with my oldest son. I lamented that it is not a career. You see I buy more of my own art than everyone else combined. I have an art hobby not an art career. Obviously if I was only doing it to make money I wouldn’t spend as much…
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Wealth Inequality
Political Rant (you have been warned): Last week the stock market lost something like a trillion dollars in value. Many rich people who are usually preaching to me about the gap between the rich and the poor were clutching their pearls because the gap narrowed and it happened to be their wealth that was more…
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Surfing the App Store
I am thinking of getting something to manage the security on my phone better. I have heard good things about ExpressVPN so I opened its page in the app store. It is “#5 Top Grossing.” That is a stupid thing to brag about. It’s just a bad flex. It’s like saying, “We are among the…
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Mormon and Me
As you are probably already aware I spend way too much time on Facebook. I really love looking at memes and occasionally make a few myself. There’s a page called Mormonr that posts quality Mormon themed memes. I got into an argument today over the use of the word: thy. If I use thy I’m…
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AI Girlfriends… What could go wrong?
My mobile apps have been advertising AI that impersonate women that are attracted to the user. Real women don’t stand a chance. An AI girlfriend can be erased. No drama at the end of the relationship. No alimony when she gets sick of the man. No kids that can be used as pawns to extract…
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Earning a Fortune
When I was young I was certain I would grow up to be rich. Mind you I didn’t have a plan. I was good at math and was under the impression there was good money in advanced math degrees. I was never as good with money. I can’t save and invest it even though my…
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College Food
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? The first time I attempted college it was a very expensive school. An equally expensive meal plan was a requirement after tuition. I don’t know which meal cost the most because they all cost so much. But those meals were the…
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Having It All
What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable? There’s a comedian (Steven Wright I think) who talked about having it all. He asked: Where would I put it? Obviously the entire universe would mostly need to say where it is even if I somehow ended up owning the whole thing. Yes, I…
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My Vote
Do you vote in political elections? I don’t by and large believe that my political votes make much of a difference. I have almost entirely given up voting strategically when I vote at all. And where I am in the world a symbolic vote while personally meaningful doesn’t change much. I counterbalance this with a…
Latter Day Sinner 