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How ‘Shrinkflation’ is sneakily inflating your everyday expenses

Posted on April 30, 2024

Living (and loving) Life

I’m sure you’re well aware of the price hikes that are seemingly taking place on a monthly basis.

Right now we’re all experiencing inflation the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades.

Inflation itself is bad enough, but there’s also something else going on that’s making the situation even worse…

In case you haven’t noticed, the quantities of many of the products we use on a regular basis are shrinking while their prices either stay the same, or even go up.

This is what’s known as “shrinkflation”, inflation’s closely-related, but extremely deceitful cousin.  [Read more…]

Google was once for sale for $750,000 – and the offer was refused.

Posted on April 29, 2024

Living (and loving) Life

Today, Google (along with parent company Alphabet) is worth approximately $2 trillion, but back in 1999 Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin offered to sell the company for just $750,000, which is mere pocket change compared to the company’s current value.

Page and Brin made that mind-blowing offer to Excite CEO George Bell, who carefully considered it but ultimately decided to pass on the deal.

Fast-forward to today…

[Read more…]

Video: Awesome live performance of ‘Galveston’ by Glen Campbell and Steve Wariner

Posted on April 28, 2024

Glen Campbell

If you’re a long-time Country Music fan you’re likely well familiar with the work of the late, great Glen Campbell.

After all, his incredible voice has been gracing the airwaves of Country radio for decades.

But what you might not know about Glen is that he was a true master of the guitar.

[Read more…]

Video: Sensitive Souls performing “Wildwood Flower”

Posted on April 27, 2024

My dad loved playing his guitar and singing, and I have many wonderful memories of him performing for an audience of one.

Although he mostly played classic country and gospel, he could play just about anything he heard on the radio.

One of his absolute favorites was “Wildwood Flower” by the Carter Family.

[Read more…]

Video: Visiting the most crowded island on Earth

Posted on April 26, 2024

Santa Cruz del Islote

Living (and loving) Life

Our planet is a huge and fascinating place that’s home to roughly 8 billion people.

But as you know, all of those people are scattered around the globe in areas that vary greatly in population.

For example, there are vast areas of wilderness like the US state of Alaska that are extremely sparsely populated, while places like Tokyo have people tightly packed into dense cities.

And as you might imagine, it’s the same with the islands of the world…  [Read more…]

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