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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,…
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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…
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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. …
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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…
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On whale status, and comparison being the thief of joy
Back when I was a doe-eyed fresh college grad, I got my first 9-5. The job entailed a certain duty that required an end-of-year post mortem as part of the review process. At the end of that first year, I remember chuckling at my one-year-ago self for thinking I was good at the job. I…
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Weekend rant: Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?
I originally had a fun, light-hearted post planned for a weekend bonus. However, the churning news from the last week has been rough, so I thought I’d discuss that instead and offer some positive reframing. The 2025 war on happiness continued this week, as a couple of banks made the decision to axe a relatively…
