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Month: December 2022

The Happiest Place

The Happiest Place

I recently returned from a voyage to the apex of American consumer culture. The place is about as opposite to FIRE as one can get. A place where money flows like a smooth yet powerful river in one direction. A place where fanatics roam around freely displaying their allegiance to “the” corporation with tattoos, branded clothing (including custom homemade shirts), and accessories of all sorts. It’s Disneyland of course, the happiest place on earth. So here it is. Here’s my…

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The Two Truths of FIRE

The Two Truths of FIRE

It started with the lawn mower this summer. It wouldn’t start. I changed the spark plug and filter and it still wouldn’t start. So then I tore apart the carburetor and cleaned the injectors. The mower started, albeit reluctantly. Over the holiday weekend the lawn mower died again. After dozens of pulls on the starter, I gave up and rolled the old red workhorse into the garage. I sat there for a while, staring at the machine. Debating internally whether…

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