Introduction At work, someone asked me, “If someone were to give you $10 million, and said they wanted a 10% return on it, but you could keep the rest, what would you do?” This is slightly different than winning a $10M lottery since in that scneario, I would either a) blow it all in Vegas or […]
As you’re reading this, I am either getting blitzed at the Qantas F lounge in LAX, waiting to board my Cathay Pacific first class flight to Hong Kong, or I’m already getting blitzed on Krug already on board. Over/under on how many bottles I take down? I can tell you that I took down a […]
The other day, I bought $2K of gift cards at my local Kroger affiliate, and for the past couple of months, I’ve been double checking the activation receipts with the cards as I’m walking out of the door (in case there are problems.) Anyway, today, after the cashier typed in my driver’s license and pushed […]
Introduction I hate summer. Not because of the heat and the fact that most Seattle homes don’t have A/C. Nor is it because of the 5AM sun-in-your-eyes. No, it’s because I can’t wear a jacket. Sure, I could still wear a jacket, but a) people would look at me funny and b) I’d sweat everywhere […]
Disclaimer This is the monthly post on how many points I collected in the previous month. This is NOT a brag and moan post. This was the impetus of this entire blog; so I could track how many miles and points I earn in a year. Some of you may do a lot less than […]