I’ve been accused of being a Tesla fanboy more than once. I don’t think that’s totally correct. it goes a little deeper than that. I’m a fan of electric vehicles An internal combustion vehicle is a complex device: A fuel engine is a complex assortment of hundreds of moving parts that all must work together […]
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Charlie Munger
At the 2014 Berkshire Hathaway meeting, I was standing on the second floor of the exhibition hall when a golf cart pulled up next to me. I glanced over and saw that Charlie Munger was sitting in the passenger seat. My eyes nearly popped out of my head like in a cartoon. I was dumbfounded. […]
October Performance: Tesla Take Down!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Optimism
Mindy and I are in NYC and woke up early one morning with one goal in mind: take a great photo of the Charging Bull. I’ve been fascinated with this sculpture since I learned that the creator plopped it down illegally in the middle of the night with help from 50 (!) of his friends. […]
The $355 Tesla Model Y: The Good, The Bad and The FSD
Reader note: I still have to finish up my happiness series. Happiness is hard. It turns out that writing about it is even harder. Stay tuned for part 3 soon. The $355 Tesla Model Y I first bought Tesla stock on October, 11 of 2012. The split adjusted price is $1.93. I bought it because […]
September Performance: Bathroom Madness!
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Happiness Series Part 2: Five Big-Ass Spending Experiments
This is Part 2 of a 3 part post. If you missed part 1 last week, check it out here. Can money buy happiness? It’s a great question! And it’s complicated… Investing Versus Spending Investing isn’t always easy, but the recipe is basic: For those in America: Spending is a far more complex task. After […]
7 Thoughts On Happiness: Part 1
I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness lately. I suppose it’s the natural evolution of FIREy life: Of course, we all should be working on happiness all along, but sometimes we get thrown off course with the busyness of life. You can only take so much. Happiness is a topic I’ve been obsessed with for […]
Camp FI: Southern California (Mired In FIRE)
Quick note: I’ve been thinking a lot about happiness lately. I’m at a good place in life, the best I’ve been in decades, so have a lot to say on the matter. On Monday, tune in for Part 1 of a 3 part series on happiness… Getting Mired In FIRE When I discovered FI way […]
Butterflies Can’t Swim
Life has been pretty busy, so today you get a quick post about swimming insects and a remodeling update. Butterflies Can’t Swim I was working outside a couple of days ago when I heard Younger Daughter (YD) yelling; THERE’S A BUTTERFLY IN THE POOL!!!! One of YD’s favorite pastimes is rescuing wayward insects from drowning. […]
August Performance: Rhymes With August?!??
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]
Tesla: BOOM or Doomed?
On a silly whim, I bought Tesla stock back in 2012 and held on for dear life. It’s been a crazy ride, but now I’m a Teslanaire: I got extremely lucky. Like unicorn lucky. But never forget this: Most companies will die. They get disrupted by a competitor and/or new technology. RIM and Nokia were […]
Weekend With The Webb Brothers
It’s done! My private concert happened last weekend: Backstory Back in January, I noticed that one of my favorite bands, The Webb Brothers, had launched a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve loved this band for the past two decades of my life. Their music has been the soundtrack to my life. I looked at the Kickstarter offerings […]
All The Hacks And Funtrotting
I’m old and jaded, so it’s not often that I come by a podcast or blog that teaches me something. The All The Hacks podcast does just this though. Host Chris Hutchins is a wealth of knowledge about a diverse array of subjects including: On top of all of that, Chris is a good human. […]
More Mortgage Musings
Way back in August of 2019, I wrote a post called Getting Rich With A Mortgage. It was about how I could have paid cash for a house I bought in 2013, but decided to get a mortgage instead and invest the rest. I’m a big fan of debt when it’s cheap and a low-rate […]
July Performance (Tech Gone Wild!? Kindof.)
My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of $1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in 1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 2017. I made my goal in 2016, my 1500 Days are over, and I’ve left my job. In the interest of openness, I’ll continue to share […]