If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed right now, before you forget, to get the latest posts. Thanks for visiting! So for some the morning routine is a good cup of coffee. Or if you live in Seattle a triple shot double mocha lite with whipped cream. For me the crutch has ...[Read More]

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To this day I am still stunned by some of the comments that people post on this and other blogs. Messages of nastiness and hate. And the same question always comes to mind, why? So yesterday someone posted a comment that I did not approve that said, in it’s entirety, “Steve U R A ...[Read More]

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Recently we posted an article on our UK site about mental health and debt. It had so much good information in it I’m going to repost it below. But it got me thinking, without any safeguards for consumers that run into unexpected trouble, isn’t the very premise of extending credit in ...[Read More]

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So I saw the following story on the BBC and my initial reaction was that it made me cringe. Now, one argument is that if you’re not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about but knowing that your every move is being tracked and stored by the government just doesn’t give ...[Read More]

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If I am guilty of anything, it would be in having too many ideas and possibly being so self-righteous on some matters I fail to bend or give humble passage to allow for the populist view to pass without notice. I have dully noted the feedback among some readers, not all posted for politeness, ...[Read More]

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U.S. Citizens Fenced Out of America I just saw a piece on CNN that showed how the border fence near Brownsville, Texas is going to be built following a levee rather than the actual border. Doing this will place a large section of U.S. land and a gold course on the Mexico side of the fence. ...[Read More]

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Progress, progress, progress, always forward, so say many. The drive to succeed and make money is the ultimate pursuit for the driven masses. The ability to earn and spend is an unsatisfied quest that become a goal rather than a meaningful exercise. Since my last post I have found myself ...[Read More]

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Comments by President Bush today have me left scratching my head. While he was talking about the economic anxiety people in America are feeling, I find some of the comments about farmers, puzzling. If I’m not mistaken, the major oil companies have deflected pressure from their record ...[Read More]

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I’m slowly crossing things off my list since returning to the U.S. to the house we bought near Raleigh, NC. Yesterday was a banner day for getting stuff down though. In this crazy post 9-11 world and thanks to Osama Bin Laden, apparently you can’t buy a car in North Carolina without ...[Read More]

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I keep telling myself my life is better now that I am sleeping on an inflatable mattress in an empty house. Or so goes day 1 of the move back to America. Coming back home has had some rewards. I was greeted by very loving and excited parents and it was great to see my 78 year old parents again. ...[Read More]

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This morning I awoke before sunrise and said my sad good-byes to my daughter and her finance in our UK village home of the last year. Our Cheshire home was set on a high plain and overlooked idilic pastures, sheep, protected forest and quaint cottages. Living in England for the past two years ...[Read More]

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As much as government and big business cast blame on consumers for not keeping their financial houses in good order, I’m afraid a bit of a smoke screen has been blown in front of your eyes. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was passed to benefit big ...[Read More]

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I’m probably insane for actually writing about this but following-up my recent post on race in the race, I want to admit that I am utterly confused about what to say. When is someone black or African-American? Is Barack Obama a Kenyan-Kansasian? Part of this is political correctness gone ...[Read More]

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I couldn’t pass on this news out of the U.K. today. A new study out by the Fawcett Society says the practice of entertaining clients in lap-dancing clubs is increasingly commonplace in the City of London. The manifesto, entitled Sexism and the City, condemns the “widespread” ...[Read More]

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The following search phrase that someone just used to find this blog have me scratching my head. “the strange guy who gives financial advice” Thanks, I think? I’m not sure if I should be thrilled that I’ve made an impression or worried that my view of financial reality ...[Read More]

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