What We’re Reading This Month – “Three New”

By |2022-12-28T21:13:12+00:00December 28th, 2022|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added three new books.“Stand” (114 pages, paperback, 2022) by Pastor Jon Benzinger: From a local church we visited: “You are in the midst of the greatest attack on Christianity in your life. Make no mistake, the war is coming for you. The [...]

Our November 2022 Standings – More Equity Decrease

By |2022-12-05T19:25:22+00:00December 2nd, 2022|

The housing price decrease finally hit us! TMP decreased in value this month; down another $21K, almost 6%. That said, we remained firmly in First Place with other assets all up: You can see decreases in some of the Redfin and Zillow estimates. Here’s the record of all assets in TMP [...]

What We’re Reading This Month – “Two More New”

By |2022-11-29T18:57:08+00:00November 28th, 2022|

Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our fountain has cracked and fallen.  More later. Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added two more new books. And we were so busy that we did not get around to doing our Floating Book Review for November. We were distracted by a daughter [...]

Our October 2022 Standings –Equity Decreases and A Snake

By |2022-11-04T18:38:44+00:00November 2nd, 2022|

Our October 2022 Standings –Equity Decreases and A Snake That said, we remained firmly in First Place with other assets bouncing up and down: You can see decreases in some of the Redfin and Zillow estimates. Here’s the record of all assets in TMP League: And guess what kind of [...]

What We’re Reading This Month – “Only Two New”

By |2022-10-28T18:36:20+00:00October 28th, 2022|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added only two new books. “Stand” (114 pages, paperback, 2022) by Pastor Jon Benzinger: From a local church we visited: “You are in the midst of the greatest attack on Christianity in your life. Make no mistake, the war is [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews – Four Books

By |2022-10-11T16:51:16+00:00October 5th, 2022|

This month we review four books: “After Worlds Collide” (196 pages, paperback, 1933) by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer: “After Worlds Collide (1934) was a sequel to the 1933 science fiction novel, When Worlds Collide, both of which were co-written by Philip Gordon Wylie and Edwin Balmer. After Worlds Collide first appeared as [...]

Our September 2022 Standings – TMP Sees Equity Decrease

By |2022-10-03T18:24:39+00:00October 2nd, 2022|

The housing price decrease finally hit us! TMP did decreased slightly in value this month; down about $5K. That said, we remained firmly in First Place since all other assets, except cash, decreased 5 – 12 %. We now have to assets, a REIT mutual fund and a Bond mutual fund, that are worth [...]

What We’re Reading This Month – “Four or Five New”

By |2022-09-27T19:10:45+00:00September 28th, 2022|

Every month we show what is on our reading table. This month we added four new books. The one “book” is contains two novels, see below. “Stand” (114 pages, paperback, 2022) by Pastor Jon Benzinger: From a local church we visited: “You are in the midst of the greatest attack on Christianity in [...]

TMP Floating Book Reviews – Five Books

By |2022-09-15T20:25:00+00:00September 5th, 2022|

This month we review five books: “Triumph” (288 pages, paperback, 1964) by Phillip Wylie: Set in 1963, this is science fiction/end-of-th-world genre that also examines racial and gender roles. “In the world’s upper hemisphere, only one small group has survived World War III: fourteen people, sheltered deep within a limestone mountain in Connecticut [...]

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