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Little Dinosaur


Hyatt Orlando, after the zombie apocalypse
In 1984, our family went to Orlando, Florida, for a family vacation. We went to Disney World, where EPCOT Center had opened just two...
Nov 11, 20222 min read


Strategies for shifting away from Amazon
Photo caption: Are they every really nicely stacked like that? There's no shortage of reasons to consider shifting your spending away...
Oct 21, 20225 min read


How I survived without an allowance
Among my friends growing up, I was the only one who didn't get an allowance. My friends would get some spending money weekly, sometimes...
Aug 23, 20225 min read
Are we in a bubble? Is it going to pop?
One of the most popular articles I’ve written is called Why do stocks go up and down. The conclusions it draws are not what you are...
Jan 28, 20213 min read


Why do stocks go up and down?
Note that I later wrote an article called Are we in a bubble? Is it going to pop? that is closely tied to this one. I was motivated to...
Jan 25, 20195 min read
Steal this idea
About 10 years ago or so, I thought of creating a website called Steal This Idea, inspired by the classic book by Abbie Hoffman called ...
Oct 13, 20091 min read
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