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Various members of my family always told me to pick up every penny I saw on the street, regardless of how small the perceived value was. I stuck with that philosophy for a while, especially since as a kid, adding a cent to my net worth was a meaningful increase. I think that ethos is…

Over the weekend, some strong evidence appeared suggesting that a longstanding loophole that was a preferred avenue for many of your local whales may be closing. While we don’t really know for certain if this is the end, the writing has been on the wall for awhile that it was on borrowed time.   The play…

Today’s guest post comes from one of my favorite churning friends, the truly inimitable smugdog. He is spot on with this post, and this is something i wish I learned much sooner. Thanks for the post smug! You just booked an ANA First Class suite for the cost of a tank of gas or two,…

This post was originally part of yesterday’s post, but it was getting a little long so I split it into two pieces. You’ll have to hang in with me with the scuba metaphors, but I’m still riding the high of how good the diving was in Palau last month.  Yesterday, I talked about finding the…

Churners and MSers are a generally shrewd group of optimizers, within reason. There’s not enough hours in the day to run every possible play you can think of, especially if you work a 9-5.  There aren’t enough hours in the day for keeping up with the torrent of churning information that comes out every day,…

Pictured: A good enough meal for butterboy – only he would invoke Rockwell on a churning blog A special thanks to CU-whisperer, new father and all around hilarious dude butterboy for today’s post. For the TDCers reading this, don’t forget to go roast him today on his AMA with Kai. I recently welcomed a daughter…