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  • Would you like to play a game?

    Would you like to play a game?

    With all of the crazy stuff going on in churning and MS right now, I wasn’t planning on posting anything this week. But hey, it’s Thursday, we’re more than halfway through the week, and most of us still have all of our fingers and toes. Instead of talking about what’s going on, I decided to…

  • On churning in the public eye, and using your discretion

    On churning in the public eye, and using your discretion

    There’s been a lot of mainstream media press on churning in the last couple of weeks, and whenever that happens, there is collective trepidation in the community that this is a bad thing that is going to cause too much exposure to the hobby.  I do get that, especially when the publications are household names…

  • Special guest post: Porto’s tax avoidance: aged to perfection

    Special guest post: Porto’s tax avoidance: aged to perfection

    Editor’s note: A big thank you to my friend @mforch who wrote this inaugural guest post live from Porto, Portugal. He comes to MS from the real estate and AP world and has a unique perspective on the game. Enjoy the post! Greetings from Porto! Yeah, I know, you didn’t ask for a guest post,…

  • An unexpected source of motivation

    An unexpected source of motivation

    Editor’s note: Sorry that posts have been few and far between the last week. I’ve been busy at my day job and had some email domain issues. If you’ve ever tried to fix a sender reputation problem, you would know it’s worth trying to figure out before sending again. Anyway, I have a backlog of…

  • Wednesday wistfulness: Finding purpose in travel

    Wednesday wistfulness: Finding purpose in travel

    P2 and I diving with guitarsharks in Morrungulo, a remote town on the coast of southern Mozambique Preamble I’ve had the idea for this post rattling around in my brain for a couple of weeks, but I decided to write it down after the sad news posted on One Mile at a Time last week. …

  • Saying goodbye to an old friend, and hope for the future

    Saying goodbye to an old friend, and hope for the future

    This post will be less cryptic than usual, because it’s discussing a play that everybody reading this was at least aware of (and hopefully, you’ve been using it for the last few years).  It’s time for the weekly reporting on the 2025 war on happiness, as Citi has finally decided to (likely) kill off the…