I’ve been hearing Senator Elizabeth Warren talk about taxing unrealized capital gains for some time now. I always thought it was a bad idea until my stock portfolio took a big hit this past week. When I say “big hit,” I have to admit it’s all relative. Anytime I lose more than $1,000 in my […]

We were having dinner with some new friends when the wife told us about her daughter who had lost her job. Just like that it was gone. She worked for an NGO in a foreign country. She and her children love where they live and she seemed to like her job, my friend said. Her

The Art Center on our little island in Southwest Florida was hard hit by back-to-back hurricanes last fall. The hardwood floors had to be replaced as well as some drywall. Now the county, which owns the building, wants to put down carpet as the new flooring. “Carpet?!” I said when my friend told me this

Who is Gilberto Coronel I wondered as I read his glowing, over-the-top story about Adrien Brody’s acceptance speech at the Oscar’s ceremony on Sunday? Brody was named best actor just about the time I was thinking about heading off to bed. Gilberto seemed to think it was a speech for the ages. He wrote: “Adrien

A Facebook friend shared an article from The Washington Post on Sunday. I couldn’t read it because I’m not a subscriber. I thought she wasn’t either—anymore. So I checked. On October 25 she made a big deal out of telling everyone who reads her social media posts that she’d cancelled her subscription. She ended her

My man called the contractor who is remodeling our condo yesterday morning to ask if anything could be done to speed up progress on our unit. It’s been ten months for a job that was estimated to take six. The response was nothing. I mean he didn’t return the call and say “Sorry, nothing can

I scrimped together the money for my first pair of Bass Weejuns when I was a senior in college and working part-time at Nathan Hale’s in Bloomington, Indiana. Those $12.95 navy penny loafers took me to a level of cool that I never again attained. Until now. A couple of days ago, I posted a

A guy’s got to make a buck or two while the sun shines was NOT what I thought when I saw that newly elected president Donald Trump was texting me about purchasing his ‘Tis the Season Trump shirt for only $30. At first I was appalled. Particularly since this comes on the heels of the

Because I have a very smart family member who’s unemployed and looking for work, I decided to check out the newly created Department of Governmental Efficiency or DOGE. I hear they’re hiring. Wouldn’t it be fun to work for Elon and Vivek? It turns out that DOGE and its creators are looking for people with

My root canal was successfully executed this morning by the talented Dr. Sheila Chandrahasa of Venice, Florida, and her very able assistant. As anticipated, it was the best event in a summer that has included back-to-back hurricanes, one tropical storm that dropped twenty inches of rain on Sarasota, gall bladder surgery, and the post-Milton return