I’m not looking to scare you, but you need to start saving your money. It might seem like you have all the time in the world right now, but before you know it, May is going to arrive again. Like death and taxes, no one escapes the next round of graduations. I’ve written several different pieces on school graduations over … read more
The bathroom door won’t shut again, so I go downstairs to grab my tools. My father’s ancient toolbox lurks in the basement like a tomb, the screwdrivers and pliers I used to hold for him as a child now buried in the shallow graves of this three-drawer chest. Every June his memory comes alive in this motley collection of tools … read more
Sometimes, even our closest friends can do heinous things. A few years ago, an old school pal came to stay with us for a few days. In casual conversation he let slip that he urinates in the shower. I can assure you our dinner talk does not normally revolve around the scatological, and I was suitably thrown by this turn. … read more
Somewhere along the line, the business world discovered it could make a lot more money if it stopped selling us things it could rent to us instead. Rather than offering tax preparation software for 80 bucks, they could sell “licenses” that automatically renew the next year if we don’t opt out by a certain date. In other words, they already … read more