When I started Get Rich Slick there were hundreds of blogs and there was a syndicated list over at PFBlogs.org but almost all of the blogs haven’t been updated since covid happened. I am grateful to LazyManandMoney for keeping his blog active. It’s one that I read regularly for a while but because I am…
Category: Observations
The Most Important Financial Lesson?
As a young man I had heard about Warren Buffets two rules of money but it literally took decades to fully understand why the rules were the most important financial lesson. The advice is even more prudent right now that the stock market, the housing market, and potentially the global investment community could be on…
Top 10 Disappointments with Direct TV Now
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my brother talked me into getting Direct TV Now service. The selling point was a free Apple TV 4k device by prepaying for 4 months of service. The cost of the service was about $179 which is what the cost of the Apple TV come to so you’re either getting a…
The Sad State of Retail Stores – Hint, It’s the Experience!
I am going to share a secret with you, it has been over 3 years since I’ve set foot in a traditional retail store. Â I do almost all of my shopping on Amazon and the only two other places that I visit occasionally are the grocery store and Costco. Â The grocery store I visit…
United Airlines Passenger Fiasco Could Have Been Avoided Easily With Free Market
If you haven’t seen the brutal video of a passenger on United being beaten to force him to give up his seat then you must have been hiding under a rock but that’s not what I want to talk about. I’ve read countless twitter posts, articles and opinions on this issue but no one has…
I Know Why NFL Ratings Are Down! It’s the Commercials!
This past weekend I watched the Super Bowl. Â It was the ONLY NFL game I saw the entire season in its entirety and I thought it was the best game ever and I can’t wait till next year to watch this ONE NFL event either. Â So why doesn’t anyone want to watch NFL games…
The Rich Do Get Richer and The Poor Do Get Poorer
On this Labor Day weekend I had hoped to write something a bit more optimistic but the truth is that holidays are usually a time for me to reflect on what has been happening with close friends and family.  As I do this on Labor Day weekend I come to the inescapable conclusion that the…
How A Personal Finance Blog Cost Hyundai $50,000
I’m in the market for a new car and I’m open to all options. I really would like a luxury car so I’ve been checking out Audi’s, Lexus, BMW’s, and Cadillacs but I saw an ad for an Equus made by Hyundai and I thought I’d do a test drive.  What lured me there was…
The Great Light Bulb Scam
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably are aware that it is now illegal to sell or import traditional incandescent light bulbs. The “old” bulbs typically cost a little over a buck and had a bonus of generating a little heat to warm your house during the winter. The new bulbs are either…
I’m Close To Abandoning Roku and All Those Other TV Services
I ordered a Roku 3 device for my new treadmill.  My treadmill has a TV on top of it with an HDMI interface so I figured I would hook it up with the Roku and listen with my earbuds hooked into the remote.  Unfortunately, the brand new out-of-the-box Roku worked for a total of…