Category: Money
Posts about being frugal, getting out of debt, staying out of debt, spending practically and splurging joyfully. This category may also contain posts about hard money and what the government is doing to all that “soft money” it creates.
I picked up a prescription yesterday morning and paid with a card I’ve had for a long time. Except the bank just sent me the new version of it and it’s “contactless.” I’ve never had and don’t want a contactless card. Even if I did, half the terminals in my town, includin the one at the drug store, still can’t handle the previous tech update (those sloowwwww chips), let alone tap-and-go. But the bank has a different view of my needs. The card still works the old-fashioned way, too, of course. So there I was at the counter, unwrapping it…
Very long but very worth it. Kent Sorenson was a cocky political rookie being courted for his influence in the Iowa caucuses. He switched loyalties from Bachmann to Paul — and committed a greedy rookie error. He went to federal prison for corruption. It was a real eye opener.