The Mediterranean is chilly in the Fall, ranging from 48-75 degrees Fahrenheit. Anybody coming from San Francisco will feel right at home. The cruise ship was packed with a couple thousand explorers. Not only that, there were three other ships just as large following a similar itinerary. Pretty good for the tail-end of the season […]
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Dear Friends, help make Financial Samurai better! It’s been a blast running this site for the past two and a half years. When Financial Samurai launched in the summer of 2009, the world was still falling apart. What better time to start something creative! I’m not one to tinker much. Part of the reason is
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Greetings from somewhere in the Adriatic Sea! I’ve been on vacation this past week and I’m hoping you couldn’t tell. It’s a little hard staying away given how addicted I am to writing and interacting online. If I didn’t care so much, I probably wouldn’t have responded to 150+ comments, published three new posts, written
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Golf is a taxing sport which requires a lot of practice, and a lot of patience. Not only that, improving at golf can get impossible after awhile. Kind of like life! The first time I played golf was in the 8th grade with my father. Although I was the 5th wheel, I got to tee it
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Give randomly or selectively? That is the question. One of the funnest things about being a part of the online community is the ability to host giveaways and win things as well. The predominant way hosts choose winners is randomized, likely for “fairness” sake and also so that the host doesn’t have to choose. I can
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Poker is a great game. I played poker extensively from 2010 – 2015. But I decided to quit because the stakes got too high. Here’s an old story during my poker days. For the first time in a while, I attended our regular Friday home game last night from 9pm to 2:30am. I used to
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I live in San Francisco. Therefore, an earthquake disaster may happen one day. It’s not funny to joke about earthquakes, especially since we never know when one will hit. Yes, California always get a bad rap and the big one will come eventually. However, you got to admit there have been some peculiarities about a
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The S&P Credit Agency now ranks right up there as the most hated company in the world. And Deven Sharma, President of the S&P should probably go into hiding. President Obama is breathing a huge sigh of relief because the public will no longer only associate the market meltdown with his lack of leadership. History
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Are you deciding on the best European cruise for two once the pandemic is over? I’m a big cruiser and you’ve come to the right place. Did you know there were over 14 million cruise passengers last year? Perhaps you were one of them. Cruise vacationing isn’t for everyone but a lot of people who
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Here is my 2011 mid-year review. Developing a better lifestyle is both current and for the future. Ultimately, we all want to have better lifestyles and hopefully the goals achieved through my online endeavors and personal finances will help get me there. This section is also a catch-all section that doesn’t fit neatly elsewhere. I believe
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