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Honest, first-hand guides to tech, RV travel, and living well after 50. 30 articles and counting.
Living Well
Style & GroomingGoing Grey After 50
My hair went grey after 50 and I didn't fight it with a hard dye. Here's the gradual Control GX routine I actually use, the beard trick, and what to tell your barber once the grey shows up.
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Money & RetirementDoug's Three-Bucket Method
I'm following Doug The Retirement Guy's three buckets near retirement: foundation, growth, and a heavy income tilt. Why my lock is 90/8/2, not his age-50 mix.
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Living WellAre E-Bikes Allowed on the Mickelson Trail?
South Dakota settled this one by law: Class 1 e-bikes are welcome on the Mickelson Trail, Class 2 throttle bikes are not. Here's the exact rule and the trail pass you'll need.
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Living WellAre E-Bikes Allowed on the Katy Trail?
The Katy Trail is the most-ridden rail-trail in America, and yes, e-bikes are welcome. Here's the exact Missouri State Parks rule and which class actually fits.
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Living WellHow I Sleep Better After 50
I figured bad sleep was just part of getting older. It wasn't. Here's the free stuff and the small night stack that finally fixed it for me.
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Living WellHow I Build Muscle After 50
I own a full home gym. I barely use it. Here's the easy dumbbell-and-weighted-vest routine I actually do, and why easy beats fancy after 50.
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Living WellThe 5 Supplements I Kept After 50
My morning handful got out of hand, so I cut it to five that earn their keep. The list, the real doses, and the quality worth paying for.
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Living WellBecome a Snowbird Without Being Rich
Snowbirding isn't just for the paid-off-condo crowd. Four real paths south with real monthly prices, from $26-a-month desert to a furnished rental, and who each one fits.
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Living WellThe 9 Best E-Bike Trails in the US
Not every great trail welcomes an e-bike, so I checked the current rules on every one of these. Nine long, scenic, smooth rides where yours is actually legal, and which class.
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Money & RetirementCovered Call ETFs, Plain English
Nobody taught us how to turn a nest egg into a paycheck. How covered call ETFs actually work, the honest tradeoffs, and the one chart that tells you if a big yield is real.
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Money & RetirementChase Sapphire Preferred 100k Bonus
We each opened a Chase Sapphire Preferred, hit the spend on house work we were doing anyway, and each got 100,000 points. Enough for two flights to Italy and then some.
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Style & GroomingHaircuts for Thinning Hair After 50
If the top is thinning, go shorter, not longer. What to tell the barber, why a buzz beats a comb-over, and how a neat beard balances it.
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Style & GroomingBest Haircuts for Men Over 50
I wore the same cut from 35 into my 50s and wondered why it stopped working. Here's what actually works after 50, matched to your hair, plus what to tell your barber.
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No. 1 · Working From the RoadWorking Off-Grid From an RV
The anchor piece. The computer work is the easy part; you still haul the water. The honest reality of working off-grid on the road.
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RV Tech & TipsPecron F3000 Running Starlink in Our RV Bay
Dish on the grass, router into the Pecron AC, 100-200 Mbps down at this spot. Short firsthand setup from a phone video.
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No. 2 · Working From the RoadYour AC Will Kill Your Starlink
Every AC compressor cycle reboots your dish. The wattage math, the cause, and the ~$400 battery fix that keeps you on the call.
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No. 3 · Working From the RoadThe 72-Hour Clock
Your fresh and waste tanks set a 72-hour clock that overrules your calendar. How to schedule real work around it.
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No. 4 · Working From the RoadGenerator Math
The fuel costs that kill the 'cheap nomad life' myth, real runtime, burn rates, and monthly dollars from the field.
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No. 5 · Working From the RoadThe Two-RV Office
Two people, two simultaneous video calls, one tin box. Why the office became two RVs, and the math behind the call.
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No. 6 · Working From the RoadMice, Mud, and Meetings
The part no AI can automate. Mice in the wiring, mud at the door, and a meeting in five minutes. The unfiltered reality.
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No. 7 · Working From the RoadYou Don't Need Shore Power
Two Battle Born batteries, a Pecron F3000LFP, a generator, and a little solar add up to ~5,600Wh, enough that I never plug in. The full setup and the honest runtime math.
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RV Tech & TipsCochiti Lake RV Camping
Site 71 on Ringtail Cat, no hookups, closest pad to the water. November at a Corps campground between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and why I'd book the dry loop again.
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RV Tech & TipsHecla Junction Camping
Parked the Thor Compass AWD at Hecla Junction site 1104. River from the chair, dry camping, warm breeze, Starlink and fat-tire e-bike already out.
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RV Tech & TipsFind a Waterfront Campsite
I talked the hunt into Grok Bot, checked the real calendars, proved the pad was on the water, and booked a reservable riverfront site for Labor Day weekend.
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RV Tech & TipsMy Starlink Backup for the RV
Starlink's been nearly flawless for us, except during power surges. Here's the cheap backup setup that keeps us online when it drops: an EcoFlow and an AT&T hotspot.
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RV Tech & TipsHow to Use AI to Plan an RV Road Trip
The real prompts and workflow for planning a trip that survives contact with the road, campgrounds, drive times, weather, fuel.
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RV Tech & TipsI Use 4 AI Tools Every Day
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, what each is genuinely best at, from daily real-world use, not a spec-sheet review.
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RV Tech & TipsHow Much Solar to Work From an RV
Size the day, not the panel. The real watt-hours math for running a laptop, monitor, and Starlink on solar, plus the point where solar quits and the generator takes over.
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RV Tech & TipsVideo Calls While Boondocking
Zoom from the middle of nowhere, no drama. The internet, power, and backup that make an off-grid video call as boring as one from a spare bedroom.
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RV Tech & TipsDoes Starlink Need a UPS?
Starlink doesn't officially need a UPS. I still run mine through an EcoFlow, because generator and RV surges cold-reboot the dish.
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RV Tech & TipsStarlink Power Consumption
50 to 100 watts depending on your hardware, plus what that means for battery sizing. Real numbers off my own EcoFlow, not just the spec sheet.
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RV Tech & Tips30 Amp RV Surge Protector
My coach is 30 amp. I plug a Surge Guard 44380 into the pedestal first. Here is the ritual, the lights, and the questions people ask.
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AI for BusinessIs AI Safe for My Small Business?
A straight answer from a cybersecurity pro, the real data risks of business AI, and the simple rules that keep you safe.
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AI for BusinessAI for Real Estate Agents
The tools that actually save hours in real estate, listings, lead follow-up, and marketing, minus the hype.
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AI for BusinessThe AI Phone Scam That Sounds Like Family
A cloned voice from three seconds of audio, and the ten-second family code-word trick that beats the scariest AI phone scam.
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