Retiring Early

Hi folks!  As the title suggests, the time since my last post (nearly 5 years!) has been one hell of a journey!  To recap, I retired from ...

Much to my surprise, it looks like there is still a steady stream of folks coming to my old blog. I'm starting to wonder if it makes sen...

It's been a few months since I've done a real monthly update here on the blog, so I thought I'd take the time to provide an upda...

Ok, time for a portfolio and market update. It has been a turbulent few weeks -- up $5000/day, down $8000/day, up $3000/day. Apply, rinse,...

JLP over at AllFinancialMatters reports that he finally paid off his car. It's great not owing money on a depreciating asset like that...

I always knew credit scores figured into how much you pay for insurance, but I never mentally put these two together. The fact is, 0% balan...

I came to the realization the other day that I have more savings than my parents -- seems kind of obvious, but it never really sunk in. Aft...

Ok, this is some admitedly geeky stuff, but you can't help but want to get some yourself once you see it (or maybe it's my inner gee...

Over the past 7 years that I've known my wife, she has worked at a number of different companies. She has a self-described "2 year...

Lottery winner sues a investment adviser and accounting firm over bad advice . It's partially another dot-com bust story, but it's ...

While I have not had a lot of time to blog myself, I have been really enjoying the posts of my fellow bloggers. Lately, blogging on the week...

Wow, that last post took a lot outta me, or perhaps is was the 116 comments I read. Anyway, I'm off to enjoy some free entertainment: a ...

Some of you saw it reported last week that King County, Washington (where I live) now has over 68,000 millionaire households (excluding pri...

I wasn't quick enough to dodge the tag that Madame X put on me a week or two ago (while I was on vacation, nonetheless!) Ok, so here t...

Well, I'm finally back from vacation and very refreshed. I'll probably write a quick post about vacation tomorrow, but today, I came...