When I was a kid, the TV adventure serials and pre-movie shorts (remember those?) in the theaters were filled with dauntless heroes facing deadly peril in exotic lands. One of the most compelling of these was quicksand. You be walking along when suddenly you, or more likely the lovely damsel with you (sorry ladies, that’s… [Continue Reading]
My Talk at Google, Playing with FIRE and other Chautauqua connections
Playing with FIRE Back in late February when I flew out to Portland, OR to film my small part in the upcoming documentary “Playing with FIRE” Producer Scott Rieckens picked me up and whisked me off to dinner. Joining us were his lovely wife and Co-Producer Taylor, Director Travis Shakespeare and JD Roth of Get… [Continue Reading]
Life on the Beach
This FI life is tough, what with all the having to choose between this fun activity and that. For the last several weeks we have again been ensconced in Shamba, my in-laws’ Lake Michigan beach house which they so graciously let us use. Traditionally we do this in July, when the weather is warm and… [Continue Reading]
Angel Investing, or Angel Philanthropy?
If you are reading this blog there is a very good chance you are rich. Or well on your way to becoming rich. Or you may be closer to your starting point and being rich still seems a distant, maybe even improbable, destination. Or you may only stop here briefly before moving on never to… [Continue Reading]
What the naysayers are missing
Recently, some of my friends enjoyed a bit major media coverage. Kristy and Bruce of Millennial Revolution were interviewed on TV and I love their last line: “If you figure out money, life is incredibly easy. If you don’t, life is insanely hard.” I like it so much it is now part of I could not have said it… [Continue Reading]
It’s better in the wind. Still.
A couple three years or so back I put up this post, most of which is repeated below. I figure it needs repeating. Maybe not for you, but for me. It is a beautiful spring day here in New Hampshire, Sunday in fact, and if all were right with the world I’d be out on… [Continue Reading]
jlcollinsnh gets a new suit
Welcome to our still classic new look! Just about three years ago jlcollinsnh.com underwent its first redesign and the sweeping changes you have become used to were ushered in. There were lots of reasons for this but the tipping point was when Sean over at Renewable Wealth, in the nicest possible way, said “…your current design… [Continue Reading]
Hotel Living
I have always loved staying in hotels. Not all hotels all the time of course. But when they are done right I love just about everything about them. Business travel was always a regular feature of my working life and between that and our personal travels, over the years I’ve stayed in a lot of… [Continue Reading]
Mr. Market’s Wild Ride
Bad Market! Bad, bad, bad Market! Can’t I even go on a little vacation without you tearing up the place while I’m gone? I turn my back for one second (well, OK, maybe two months) and you start sliding? And then that 1000 point drop? What’s up with that? Yes, yes, I know. It was… [Continue Reading]
Micro-Lending with Kiva
She looks like a good risk to me. For the past few months I’ve had $1500 burning a hole in my pocket. Back in August I was working on a project helping a friend with her business. I had forgotten we had agreed on a $1500 fee until, as I was headed to the airport,… [Continue Reading]
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