My wife and I bought a home on December 30, 2025 and sold our condo in mid-April, 2026. In 2016, we sold her San Diego condo and bought our LA condo in December of that year, but this time felt different. With two kids and less margin for error (in 2016, we lived with my […]
Basketball teams whose starting lineup includes a small guard cannot win championships. That sentence was written just after tip off of Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals, though I have yet to tune in. The Spurs are a great organization and Wembanyama may be my new LeBron, but for this series, in this year, […]
My wife and I finally completed the process of buying a new home and selling our condo. You always hear a lot about how “great” of an investment a home is, especially in Los Angeles because of its strong economy and lack of supply. It is harder to find concrete details, however, since the websites […]
The Rockets just lost Game 6, at home, to the Lakers. They underperformed this season, so now the commentariat will overreact with grandiose prognostications about what the team should do to have a better season next year. The talkers and writers will say and type what they have to do because they have a job, […]
My second child was born in August 2025, and the government gave her over $1,000,000. Sort of. The child was born a few weeks after President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill was signed into law. The OBBB creates 530A accounts, also known as Trump Accounts, which are tax-advantaged accounts the federal government seeds with $1,000 […]
LAX-it is the name of the Los Angeles International Airport’s method for managing taxi and ride share traffic for travelers leaving the airport. If you live here, you are supposed to complain about it. I am here to defend it. LAX-it refers to the relegation of taxis and ride share vehicles to a surface parking […]
It’s the second most exciting time of the NBA season, the trade deadline. While I hate how much time podcasts spend discussing hypothetical trades – just analyze basketball – I always enjoy seeing how the league is reconfigured into the back 30% of the season. I enjoy even more yelling at GMs and wondering what […]
I have just returned from a work trip to China. In preparation, I purchased a new used Android phone and acquired a local SIM as soon as I landed. A main motivator for this configuration was to be able to pay for items. Though I was with a conference and most transportation and meals were […]
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