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Oct152014

The Standard Life Insurance Demutualization (Or How 72,000 Former Policyholders in the United Kingdom Are About to Forfeit £113,000,000 in Unclaimed Stock and Cash)

Case Studies & ProfilesBy Joshua Kennon October 15, 2014 4 Comments

Imagine you have a policy with an insurance company. This insurance company is mutually run, which means there are no stockholders. Instead, the policyholders own the business and the enterprise is managed to give policyholders the best service, at the lowest possible price, as a cooperative undertaking. Now, imagine that one day, the policyholders’ representatives decide they want the business to become a for-profit corporation.

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Oct122014

A Korean Spicy Pork Stir Fry Recipe for the Brave

Food and BeveragesBy Joshua Kennon October 12, 2014 11 Comments

We decided to make a delicious Korean Dwaejigogi-bokkeum recipe from Maangchi. We were not prepared for the level of burn.

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Oct92014

A Personal Message of Thanks (and a Throwback Thursday Gift to Those of You Who Were Unaware We Are Married)

My LifeBy Joshua Kennon October 9, 2014 157 Comments

I’ve tried to keep some semblance of privacy around my life since the blog audience has grown but, for a brief moment in time, I’m going to suspend that rule and write to you like I would have circa 2009 when it was mostly just Aunt Donna and a few other readers. Being so exposed makes me…

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Oct62014

Disneyland Carnation Cafe Baked Potato Soup

Cooking with Lard and the Carnation Cafe at Disneyland

Food and Beverages, My Day In PicturesBy Joshua Kennon October 6, 2014 11 Comments

My earliest memories in life are in the early 1980’s. At that time, the older generation who cooked the food at family gatherings, church dinners, and social events in small town America that made up the fabric of my childhood was born between the late 1800’s and the mid 1920’s. There was a certain common thread that…

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Oct62014

We Were Putting Our House on the Market Following the Supreme Court Decision This Morning

My LifeBy Joshua Kennon October 6, 2014 44 Comments

In a matter of a few hours, we’ve gone from putting our house on the market and leaving our home state back to square one. When I woke up, this is not how I anticipated spending my day. This morning, the Supreme Court effectively struck down the marriage bans in 11 states, five of which were involved in…

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Oct32014

Blog Demographics 2014 Edition: You Are Richer, Better Educated, and Have More Kids

AnnouncementsBy Joshua Kennon October 3, 2014 51 Comments

Like the residents of Lake Wobegon, another year of better data analytics and audience growth has cemented what we’ve already known: As a group, you’re way above average. You are considerably richer and better educated the average person in the United States, more likely to identify as politically independent, more likely to have children, and skew…

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Sep292014

The Good and Bad of Social Capital

Economics, MusicBy Joshua Kennon September 29, 2014 14 Comments

As I’ve grown older, I find myself fascinated by the power of social capital; specifically, how it encircles the person who possesses it with a halo that sets them apart from society even when they are far from the only snowflake. People often mistake fame with competency or ability. This tendency is part of human nature so it…

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Sep182014

Mental Model: Intergenerational Transmission and What It Has to Do With Adrian Peterson Beating His Child

Language & Culture, Psychology, SociologyBy Joshua Kennon September 18, 2014 24 Comments

Mental Model: Intergenerational Transmission and What It Has to Do With Adrian Peterson Beating His Child A huge percentage of the people in this community are fans of the mental model concept – ideas, like tools, that can be used to analyze, study, and understand both why and how something is happening – made popular by Charles…

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Sep152014

Mail Bag: Habits of Successful People and Families

Mail BagBy Joshua Kennon September 15, 2014 29 Comments

This is a great question about habits of successful people and families … I read your post about energy savings and saw a comment from from someone named Melissa K. You had responded to a reader from overseas and shifted your language and units to their syntax, talking in square meters and degrees Celsius rather square…

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Sep132014

Lewis David Zagor Leaves Behind an $18,000,000 Secret Fortune Amassed from Investing in Stocks and Mutual Funds

Case Studies & ProfilesBy Joshua Kennon September 13, 2014 25 Comments

It’s no secret that most wealth in the United States is so-called stealth wealth. We now live in a country where roughly 1 in 5 families earns six-figures a year or more, which most people wouldn’t believe, and for those who put aside money, something like 80%+ of millionaires hide their net worth from friends and…

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