Change and fear come with the territory
Still watching every breath we take
Somehow it all works out
I am pretty sure we can all agree that our financial state gets easier as we get older. Let’s face it, we all love our kids and would not change anything they provide us. But it can be financially challenging. When we decide to have a family, none of us really think past the stage of them being babies. We have no idea what lies ahead for us in the process. I just read it is estimated the cost to raise a child to 18 is $233,610. If only it ended at 18, right?
The other ticking time bomb
In case you missed it, the United Nations and Worldmeter.com announced recently that the world’s population hit 8 billion people on Nov. 15, 2022. For perspective, that’s more than a 500% increase since 1900.
MagSafe accessories can be handy
This week we’ll discuss Apple’s MagSafe and how you can get it on just about any phone. But first, I have to tell you about Lastpass’s latest hack. If you haven’t already heard, it’s a pretty significant breach. Hackers stole entire vaults of passwords so if you don’t have a really good, long master password you’d best be served to change all of your passwords and also change your master password. Make it at least 15 characters long, and remember, it can contain spaces and special characters so you could make it something like “Eldest WaS=s B0rn on 05/21/94 that’s May Twenty-First!” - something you can remember.
Celebrating those loved and lost
We thought we would miss the festivities, which just shows how much we still have to learn about Mexico.
Yes, you need a VPN, too
Editor’s note — This is part one of a multi-part column.
Have you ever heard of “Go”?
“Go” is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.
Myth of the spat-upon Vietnam vet
I never went to Vietnam. I served my country in another way. But I had several friends who did go. And that time period was the most exciting of my life. My generation was turning the world on its head. The comfort of the ‘50s had given way to a group of young people who began rejecting everything handed to us. Some of us demanded that our sexual preference be respected. Some of us demanded that the color of our skin should not be the definition of our worth. Others fought to be recognized in terms of gender. And all of us decided that having sex was a very, very good thing.
The GOP: Conflicting imperatives
The polls seem to have gotten it wrong again. The national media yet again whiffed embarrassingly. And it wasn’t just Republican Senator Ted Cruz who predicted that the 2022 elections would be a red wave that would grow into a “red tsunami” for Republican candidates.
