Category Archives: Consumer Advocacy

A Personal Journey and A New Direction

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Prestonp

My friends and regular readers have no doubt noticed that I am not as prolific a blogger as I once was. This is true. Over a year ago I moved from Dallas to Los Angeles to become closer to my … Continue reading →

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An Inflation Survival Kit

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Prestonp

Well, I’m beginning to get clients seeking my investment recommendations. I think a lot of the investment advisory business is driven by what advisers can profitably sell, and not necessarily what’s most lucrative or best for the client. When you’ve … Continue reading →

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The Blog’s New Look

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Prestonp

I’m sure my returning readers have noticed the blog’s new look. I ordered the Lisa Sabin-Wilson’s book WordPress For Dummies and it immediately empowered me to start changing a few things. WordPress is a really useful engine for content management and … Continue reading →

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The House Goes Broke

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Prestonp

I spent the weekend in Las Vegas attending a collectable card game tournament. I got to spend some time with my friend, and blog reader, Kevin, who was organizing the tournament. Since I’m a poker player by trade, and since … Continue reading →

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Drugs and the FDA: An Argument for Liberty

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Prestonp

Cat recently commented: It’s unfortunate that you pick the FDA as a target, since the FDA has semi-recently deregulated some aspects of its guardianship to the detriment of society. I’m talking about the herbs and supplements industry, which now peddles … Continue reading →

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How I Spent My Christmas Vacation, Part II

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Prestonp

Cat recently commented: Sounds almost like somebody I knew who stalked me for a while. He could say the most awful things to me, then would be the sweetest, most awesome innocent person ever around my friends and family. Practically … Continue reading →

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How I Spent My Christmas Vacation

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Prestonp

I spent Christmas of this year in Dallas and not in Los Angeles as I had previously claimed in this blog. The reason for the deception was, as I mentioned in the Dec. 7th post, I had received death threats … Continue reading →

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Answering Cathy’s Questions

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Prestonp

Cathy, good friend and frequent blog commentator, recently left the following comment: A nice series, even if it doesn’t have a happy ending. For those of us who already live austere debt-free lives yet have no money to invest, how … Continue reading →

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The Peculiar Case of Jackass the Stalker

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Prestonp

I sometimes say that I am a boring person who seems to be leading a rather exciting life. It seems strange to me that the same person who grew up reading comic books and playing role-playing games, grew up to … Continue reading →

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Prison Profiteering in the Land of the Free

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Prestonp

Ironically, the “Land of the Free” has the highest per capita incarceration rate in the world. Another bizarre consequence of the “small government” Republican reign of the last thirty years has been that they have told people that they are going to … Continue reading →

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