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“Will I run out of money?” This is a question that most of us ask when we are considering retirement, a sabbatical, or even leaving the salary and benefits of a good-paying job behind in order to start our own business. If we turn to the web for answers, it spits out an endless list of retirement calculators. All retirement calculators are not created equal. Some are overly simplistic, others are too complex.

Thank you for reading Snack Time on The Stack. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share Legendary Magic: The Gathering illustrator Richard Kane Ferguson has launched a brand new Kickstarter campaign, featuring his extensive catalog of Magic illustrations as both prints and playmats! With nearly 100 cards under his belt since beginning with the game in 1994, this project will feature some of RKF’s most popular designs, all digitally extended to fit the parameters of a playmat.

“Richard Phillips was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 46 years for a crime he did not commit. During his time in prison, he taught himself to paint with watercolors by studying the great masters. Upon release, he used his gift to forge a new life in the world This exhibit explores his life of survival, fueled by art, and an infinite capacity of hope.” One of the masterworks Phillips used during his self-training was Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh.

Most know Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, but what if I told you they was a third partner? Rick Guerin started his investment career both imitating Charlie and doing deals with him. He partnered up with Buffett and Munger in the 1970s for a precise reason, an investment idea Rick had. Rick ran his own fund called Pacific Partners and worked with Munger and Buffett to gradually acquire a controlling interest in a company called Blue Chip Stamps.

Reviewing live comedy is an odd task. Not only is comedy an entirely subjective art form, but in recent years it seems many reviewers have decided their job is to be accountants for the “correct” opinions. We rarely read insightful commentary about craft, timing, subtext, subversion, execution and whether the jokes landed with their audience—instead we are told which jokes we should be outraged about. Ricky Gervais is currently playing a number of live warm-up gigs for his new show titled ‘Armageddon’—one of which I got to see in Manchester on Monday.

It is known that Denzel Washington is quite possibly the best male actor alive.* This has been the case for, I don’t know, at least two decades now, right? He was beloved and celebrated all throughout the 90s, and by the time he won his second Oscar (for Training Day, which I will surely write about someday) in five nominations, I think we all kinda looked around and said “So this guy’s the best, right?

He assures us that no prior experience is required, and he guarantees to unlock your creative potential. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Let's dig deeper into the claims, methods, and Stephen Ridley’s revolutionary approach to see if it lives up to the hype or if it's just another overpromising attempt to lure in eager learners. Ridley Academy presents itself as a groundbreaking platform that offers a fresh perspective on learning the piano.

In November, the comedian Matt Rife released his first Netflix special, “Natural Selection.” Early in the show, he cracked a domestic violence joke many people took offense to. Since then, he's clapped back online—including at a six-year-old boy—and published a fake apology linking to helmets for people with disabilities. Given our current social climate, the next sentence writes itself: he’s been embraced by right-wing pundits who scream “cancel culture” as a calling card.

There’s an all-too-familiar pattern in the ecosystem that is the conservative grift machine: find something the Left is doing, crank out a low-quality copy, and sell it to your conservative audience who feel starved for products and services that mirror their values. In recent yea… ncG1vNJzZmihkaO1osPOq6uhZqOqr7TAwJyiZ5ufonyxe9Gio56xXZyuqrrErGSrp5yhtq%2BzjJqpqK2emXqquoya