Everything is better, and everyone is miserable
Published: Thu, 01/29/26
Updated: Fri, 01/30/26
We had television, telephone, and personal computers when I graduated from high school in 1990, so I thought to myself: what further innovation could…
The Happy Earner
I send out value-packed emails about earning income online, which I've been doing with great success since 2010. I would have saved myself a lot of agony and frustration if I'd had the information people on this email list receive every day!
SpongeTom SquareWoods
Published: Wed, 01/28/26
Updated: Thu, 01/29/26
The two most laughable words online are "free training."Oh, dear reader, how many "free trainings" the old man here has sat through. Here's how the…
Woods mistake of the month
Published: Tue, 01/27/26
Updated: Wed, 01/28/26
I have done you all a disservice, dear readers. On my other list I've been telling people about a four-week ta strategy intensive I've put together…
I am ridiculously over budget
Published: Mon, 01/26/26
Updated: Thu, 01/29/26
If you saw the sums I'm dealing with, you'd laugh out loud. But it's all worth it to me. Not even one human lifetime ago, the little island of St.
I'm legit calling it quits
Published: Tue, 01/13/26
Updated: Tue, 01/13/26
Remember the old Contra Krugman podcast I hosted with Bob Murphy from 2015 to 2020?We'd take a Paul Krugman column and teach economics by e plaining…
She's not going to make it
Published: Thu, 01/08/26
Updated: Fri, 01/09/26
In the world you and I inhabit, the name Scott Horton has become better and better known over the years, and Clint Russell, host of Liberty Lockdown,…
The Woods frustration cure, revealed
Published: Wed, 01/07/26
Updated: Sat, 01/10/26
When you set a goal for yourself -- and you absolutely should set goals -- there are many wrong ways and a few right ways. Here's an e ample of a…
The band you know is overrated
Published: Tue, 01/06/26
Updated: Wed, 01/07/26
U2 is overrated. We all know that. I do like their song "New Year's Day." Although I can't share the cynicism of the line, "Nothing changes on New…
Christmas Day text to ol' Dave Smith
Published: Mon, 01/05/26
Updated: Tue, 01/06/26
For Christmas last year, I received an especially nice gift from my eldest daughter, Regina. It's a hardcover book of her favorite pictures of me and…
The Woods chicken-wing fiasco
Published: Sun, 01/04/26
Updated: Mon, 01/05/26
I have learned a lesson, dear reader. A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to try out a couple of simple chicken-wing recipes from a cookbook written by…