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things not to do when facing bankruptcy: fake your own death.

I’m not sure how widely the case of John and Anne Darwin has been reported outside the UK, but I think it veers between farce and tragedy.
Six years ago, the Darwins were facing bankruptcy so in stupid idea number 1 they somehow decided that John should fake his death in a canoeing accident whilst his [...]

if you didn’t need to worry about money…

If you didn’t need to worry about money, what would you do all day?
I went to another oboe lesson yesterday. One of the interesting challenges of learning a wind instrument that I wasn’t prepared for is how tired practicing makes the muscles around your mouth. This means that you can only practice for a [...]

this time last year on plonkee money

I know that not everyone has been reading plonkee money for a year. I think that about this time last year I actually worked out how to set up my feeds properly - I started blogging before I knew about the amazing powers of feedreaders, and it showed.
Still, you’re here now, and that’s the [...]