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Adventures of a rambling mind:  The other day I chanced to look at a piece of tile that Elaine had placed on the window sill of the guest room bath. That got me to thinking about a few other such tiles we’ve collected over the years.  A few from cruises we’ve been on and such. … Read More

These are interesting (trips-to-the-bathroom-inducing) times to be trading the markets.  Another 500-odd Dow points to the downside Thursday reminds us of several points average people will miss.  If I may? We are reminded that the fiercest forces of all are Mother Nature’s.  The remnants of hurricane Michael certain underscore that. Political assumptions are all mostly … Read More

Sure, Florida is an awful mess this morning in the wake of the hurricane hit Wednesday.  The storm is moving off to the northeast, vastly diminished. But we may have a bigger problem:  The Market.  Which blew through 800+ points yesterday for reasons that aren’t clear-enough to be apparent to the MSM. As you know, … Read More

Yes…today’s “deep thinking” piece is about mathematical modeling. But the really good news is that we will use hardly any mathematical terminology.  Other than some of the most basic functions anyone acquainted with Excel (and clones) can already deal with. Because we are in the “great hunter” mode – trying to spot the tracks of … Read More

The other day, I happened to be looking at some data on what preppers were really looking for on the web that landed ’em here on UrbanSurvival.  And I kid you not, these are some of the questions people are really asking: #1. How do I trim too many Hobbies? My oh my…do we have … Read More

Burton Malkiel’s book, “A Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing,” made the case long ago that as “investment tools” darts work pretty well. Others have said much the same thing; noting that on any given day, the odds of making money in the market are a lot closer to 50-50 … Read More

Welcome to National Political Correctness is Rotting America Day around here.  Because this is a holiday (no bills in the mail, though) to honor Christopher Columbus and the claiming of the continent by Europeans. At issue in the demonstrations to come today will be things like “The Explorer’s Place in  History.”  And naturally, since any … Read More

A tale about Obsolete Knowledge today – a very instructive tale, especially if you’re over 40 and particularly if you think about the En d of the World.. Since my friend of 65-years (‘the major‘) is down visiting, part of my preps for his visit included downloading some Ham Radio Extra Class test prep questions.  … Read More

We skip the politics of insanity this morning to focus on our highest value:  Namely, using longwave economics and an assortment of analytical tools to take a reasonable guess at the future. We don’t have to be 100% right; just somewhat so, in order to shade our outcome well ahead of the financial average…. So, … Read More

This is a discussion to have with yourself and all your other “team members” including spouse and children.  It’s all about how you manage your Life. Specifically, we’ve been huge fans of the “morning cuppa coffee and planning”  start to any productive day, for years and years. When you line up all your tasks, it’s … Read More

There is a “clear and present danger” to America coming this weekend to a country near you.  It’s idiotic leftist protesters who will be out – funded by left-wing benefactors who suck  money out from the gullible – on the notion that their protest means something. Bad news from Reality: After the vote, it doesn’t … Read More

As we continue to careen toward the financial abyss  we are faced with the morning ponder about jobs. In case you missed in, the ADP report out Wednesday looked pretty good: Unfortunately, that’s being tempered today with the job cuts announcement from Challenger… You don’t need to be a “rocket surgeon” to run out the … Read More

Philosophy of Finance today:  Want an alternative to the Federal Income Tax system that’s in place now? You have come to the right place because we’re rolling one out. Why, coupled with our plans to tax human replacing robots  (defining everything with more than 8K of RAM equivalent as an income tax generating human-replacer) – … Read More