The Internet is a wonderful thing. And one of its best features is that you can find people of like minds and interests to learn from. I spend an awful lot of my free time reading about investing, and early retirement, and travel hacking. And I’ve learned so much in this pursuit. The other side […]
Archive | April, 2014
Random Miles Artifacts….
Warning: This will be sort of a bits and pieces post. You see I re-created the “highroller churn” for my wife last night and have a whole bunch of reconsideration calls to get to later tonight. But there are some interesting tidbits that I think are worthy of your attention. And while these subjects do […]
Liquid Gold
When it comes to frugality, I’m no black belt. Although I am currently saving between 50 and 60% of my take-home pay, putting me on track to be financially independent within the next 10 to 15 years, this is largely a reflection of the good fortune of my own generous salary, not of my extreme […]
Painting Portfolios
I’m thinking about monetizing the site. I’m ambivalent about adding advertising and affiliate links to my blog. But I’m strongly considering it. The main plus as I can see it is that it might bring me some more readers. I believe in my message. And I love writing. So this instinct to expand the reach […]
As the World Churns
As a physician there’s the pervasive concept of continuing medical education. Because medicine is scientifically-based, and science is constantly evolving and changing, in order to practice current medicine you must continue to learn long after you’re done with your formal training. So we doctors peruse scientific journals, we have journal clubs, we go to societal […]
Portable Bliss
It’s no secret that I’m the tax dodgingest liberal that you’re ever going to meet. In a certain light this is hypocritical. I honestly believe in the power of government to make positive differences in it’s citizens lives. (Think the social safety net, education, antitrust enforcement, infrastructure investment, security, scientific seed money….) and yet here […]
Age Before Beauty
This blogging is a personal thing. Now I believe that the value of investing preferentially in your own freedom and getting great deals on travel are near universal truths, but the fact remains that this is a blog from a very specific perspective. My own. And I happen to be a middle-aged family man who […]
There’s No Utility in Futility (Metaphorically Speaking)
Yesterday was one of those long days that sometimes occur when you’re a doctor. (And always seem to happen on the Fridays before call weekends.) Up at 6:30, to the hospital by 7:30, a meeting, a few consults, rounding on the floor patients, four procedures, and before I know it it’s 9:00 or 9:30 and […]
Book Club and Free Prize!
It’s no news that I’m a huge fan of the white coat investor. James Dahle MD is, quite simply, one of my favorite bloggers. Which is funny, because in many ways, he is the antithesis of who I am. You have witnessed before my feeble powers of mathematics. My outsized confidence in my own mental […]
Step Back from the Edge…
In general I enjoy writing about ideas and philosophy more than writing nitty-gritty tutorials about how to do something. But I firmly believe that The Miles Game is a great and even motivating skill set for someone with the propensity to pursue financial independence. And more than a few of my readers and friends have […]
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