Marlin (our real, live case-study millionaire) was invited by his bank to one of their tea and crumpet parties to hear a PhD of economics speak about the economy. Marlin, who never goes to the wine and cheese affairs because he has to work, thought economics might be a good topic, so he went. After the talk the doctor took questions. Marlin [...]
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Aunt Sissy, Ben’s sister took this embarrassing, but telling picture of me. What a mess. Thank you for that, Sis. It illistrates how I feel ever year at this time. Today, November 23, 2009 is no different. As a result of wallering in self pity I wrote this poem… Be warned it’s awful. So it’s almost [...]
I don’t get patches on britches. When I was a kid patches meant you were poor. No matter how creative the patch, it seems no amount of strawberry-iron-ons or carefully stitched denim, could fix your bank account. I guess it’s like stupid, you can try to cover it up, but you can’t fix it. As I got into [...]
