Who owns YOU?

I'm re-reading John Grisham's 1991 blockbuster novel The Firm.  Mitch is set up from day one: salary, house with low interest loan, BMW, signing bonus to buy clothes, and most of all, paying off his student loans.  All that's before the encounter on the beach in the Caymans.   He's owned by the firm.  Lock, stock and barrel.

Which made me think: who owns me???  Answer: no one!  I own me 100%.  Why?  Because I am debt free.   Everything I have (condo, car, etc. etc.) is PAID FOR.  Paid cash up front with money I earned during my working years.  I owe no one!  That's a good feeling.

Penny Pincher

Mass Mask Confusion

When the New York Times makes conflicting CDC mask wearing dictates the lead story in the morning report, you know the CDC doesn't know its mask from its elbow.

To mask or not to mask?  It's a crap shoot.  I'm on the side of caution.  Better fully-vaccinated (which I am) and masked (which I am in public) than sick.

Get vaccinated, wear your mask.  And keep your distance.

Penny Pincher