Author: Steve Ainslie

I don’t enjoy memes. I find them to be: Try as I might, I have yet to stumble across one that makes me think, laugh or appreciate the satire. For me, they are like slapstick comedy from old silent movies and TV – over the top, yet banal and exasperating. So I do my best…

I’ve been listening to the Moneywise Podcast where the host interviews high-net worth CEOs/founders of companies to discuss personal finance, business finance, starting/running businesses, and reaching milestone levels of wealth from $10-$50M+. The primary host is a former startup founder who sold his startup for $30M when he was 30 years old. He then started…

I’ve been fired from several jobs. I won’t mince words. Even though the terms used included laid off, position eliminated, reorganization & let go, in the end, it was all the same. I woke that day having a job with a paycheck and by the end of the day, I did not. Here are the…

As I listen to pundits, media personalities, authors, influencers, politicians and researchers bemoan that Millennials/GenZ (MGZ) are the first two generations to be financially worse than their parents, I’m calling bullshit. Here’s what I observe in the lifestyles of MGZ adults: I see a mismatch of expectations to reality. The expectation is to have a…

I listened to a Soho Forum Debate podcast this week titled: Should The US Have A Public Insurance Plan? In theory, I’m a big proponent of a public healthcare option. The idea of free or low cost Medicare For All sounds like a great idea to me. Having employer sponsored health insurance (and later Medicare)…

I was wrong, once again. Last year, when I wrote about Ozempic, I was thinking that users would lose weight but would still have psychological problems and would look for a substitute behavior to fill the void that overeating once did. I believed they would be “addicted” to the dopamine driven good feelings that came…

Anytime I hear someone say, “I am trying to show grace but…”, I immediately think – oh bullshit – because immediately following this phrase is a complaint about some other person’s offensive behavior that the speaker judges as undeserving of grace. Talking about showing grace is the same as bragging about being humble. If you’re…

I’ve got a few small projects I’m currently working on: That’s my exciting life*. You can see why I have no plans to start a podcast. I’d run out of things to say in about 3 minutes. *It’s a great life. I have no desire for more excitement.

Things I love: I never did drugs because I was worried about breaking the law and getting busted. I don’t like smoking. I’m squeamish at the thought of injecting myself with a needle. Looking back, I’m very fortunate that I never tried heroin, meth, cocaine or speed. What if I liked them? I was thinking…

I started reading the Spenser detective series over 20 years ago. I think I discovered it at the Mystery Lover’s Bookshop in Oakmont, PA. After reading a few of his books, I was hooked. I wasn’t expecting this because I remembered watching the “Spenser for Hire” TV show from the ’70s and not liking it….