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Speaking of insurance

Welcome back!Since I just finished a post about insurance, that made me remember something I’ve been wondering about for literally years.
What, exactly, is term life insurance and how does it differ from other types of life insurance, assuming there are other types?
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On auto insurance

When I want to buy something I, like most people, like to compare prices before I commit to buying one particular item. Especially in today’s economy, it’s just good sense.
What bothers me, however, is the fact that it seems almost impossible to do that with auto insurance quotes. If you call an insurance agent […]

Thanks, Mom

I’ve spent a lot of time this week thinking about my mom. This week is eight years since her funeral. She was always able to come up with stuff that you’d never expect from her. For example, she firmly believed that the most affordable health insurance you could have for yourself when you were older […]

I was just wondering

I was just watching television and my wife, who is legally blind, lit a cigarette, just as she has done 20 or 30 times a day since before I met her. Well, sort of. She didn’t always have the eye trouble she does now, so lighting a smoke wasn’t always the adventure it is now. […]

Random wonderings

In the city where I grew up, there was a shopping called Northland on the North side of town, a financial institution called Southland on the South side, and a shopping center called Eastgate way out east. I often wondered why they didn’t come up with something called Westgate to put on the West side […]