Sitemap - 2024 - The Whatever Years

Life is fairer than you know.

Are you in Chicago on Oct. 19?

You get a loophole! You get a loophole!

Why taxes are hard.

August slipped away like a bottle of wine

Why the obsession with traditional families?

Me and Flavor Flav, Gen X Superstars

How much is enough

Comparative literature

Our twisted relationships with money

Boxes, books, and brains

Making a few changes around here

The Bookish 1980s

Speaking in Other Tongues

Is your employer going under?

A Love Letter to the Freezer

Some jobs are super fun.

We need to celebrate more things.

Fun with FIRE.

What are you going to do all day?

So much togetherness.

A few notes on public employee pensions

The Problem with Social Security

Why pensions went away

Technology is a puzzle.

Spring Cleaning!

When should you collect Social Security?

Your clutter might be history!

Cicada summer is on its way

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered

Caregiving is good for you, and other stories.

Kick your (adult) kids off your phone plan

The Whatever Years For You Page

Kiddie locks aren't just for kiddies.

Economists say that mental accounting is a problem.

Time for a Survey!

The gap between retirement and "retirement"

Growing old beats the alternative

Who's in charge, anyway?

About socks and frugal living

The solar storm may come for us all

Life is hard, isn't it?

It's National Slam the Scam Day

When to say yes, when to say no

It's Leap Day!

Why aren't pillows better?

I'm not getting divorced, but other people are.

Drugs are real expensive.

Women Drive Entrepreneurship.

People are writing great articles

A reminder that libraries are awesome

Movie recommendation: American Fiction

FOMO is still a thing.

Get a job!

Learn something new.

Listen up, people.

Trust Me!

The View from the Middle

What does honor look like?

The Pizza Issue

American life expectancy isn't good.

Let's do this thing