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  • Friday fun: Time for some more NYT games

    Friday fun: Time for some more NYT games

    Friday means it’s time for something more fun than rants about getting shutdown. It’s been around six months since I made some puzzles, so why not do some today? The Wordle is fairly easy, the crossword is fairly easy, and the Connections is fairly diabolical. On the bright side, there are unlimited attempts unlike the…

  • Separating loops where it makes sense: rationalization and opportunity cost

    Separating loops where it makes sense: rationalization and opportunity cost

    We spend a lot of time talking about loops in this hobby. Moving your money in a circle with some (hopefully) profitable intermediaries is basically…the whole thing. I think we sometimes manage to make some loops unnecessarily complicated while leaving too much risk hanging off others. Let’s do a little thought exercise. Example #1 –…

  • This old boat is taking water, won’t be long til it goes down

    I’ve been really busy with life lately, especially with the bold choice to adopt a third big dog. In the five seconds I had this weekend in between our new addition’s constant attempts to fit his sister’s entire head in his mouth, I ended up on reddit.  I don’t really get a ton of news…

  • It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it

    The deeper you get into churning and MS, the more you start to recognize usernames and avatars and begin to realize just how small the population of churners is. Each community has inevitable overlap with others, and there’s just a finite universe of people willing to keep up with a hobby that is so meticulous…

  • Practicing gratitude: MS edition

    Practicing gratitude: MS edition

    I’ve mentioned before that I often write posts that are just as much a reminder to myself as they are an attempt to be advice towards anyone else. That is definitely the case with today’s post, as I was already mentally writing it before an even more valid reason to talk about it came up. …

  • Monday metaposting: blogging and shutdowns

    Monday metaposting: blogging and shutdowns

    While there’s what essentially amounts to perpetual chatter about shutdowns in 2026 on the private side of churning, there hasn’t been quite as much public discussion since some of the big waves from last year. That changed last week when Greg at Frequent Miler shared that he had been shutdown by Citi. It’s worth a…