







March 10, 2023 – After seven years of blogging in the personal finance and FIRE community, I realize that there’s one type of post I’ve always avoided: How to explain FIRE to a complete newbie. Until now, I’ve outsourced that task and simply referred to the Links Page. But where’s a good overview, all in … Continue reading The Basics of FIRE
The Safe Withdrawal Rate Series - Early Retirement Now
Discover the Safe Withdrawal Rate Series: 4% Rule, Personalized strategies, sequence risk, FIRE planning, free Google Sheet, 2025 updates.

Fireside Friday, February 4, 2022
Fireside this week! I am still working on “Decline and Fall?” Part III and should have that ready for you all next week. Part III is going to deal with economics and demographics (and a…

Principles of Retirement Tax-Planning - SWR Series Part 44 - Early Retirement Now
March 22, 2021 – It’s tax season in the U.S. right now! Even though that deadline has just been pushed back to May 17, taxes are on everybody’s mind, so this is a good time to write about the topic in the context of the Safe Withdrawal Rate Series. Until now, I haven’t written all that … Continue reading Principles of Retirement Tax-Planning – SWR Series Part 44

Cheat sheet: A quick roundup of SoCal fire coverage and safety resources
The basics on active fires and your one-stop shop for resources.

First hire to first fire - Canny Blog
Being able to hire someone with our hard-earned revenue is very rewarding. But it's not easy! Read about our experience and takeaways from growing our team.

Fire Pass Setup - Fireworks AI Docs
Kimi K2.5 Turbo for personal agentic coding — Fire Pass (Early Access), $7/week
Fireside Friday, June 27, 2025 (On the Limits of Realism)
Fireside this week! Originally, I was thinking I’d talk about the ‘future of classics’ question in this space, but I think that deserves a full post (in connection with this week&…

Announcing Bonfire for communities: groups and tools to organise together
Groups and topics, community rules and decision-making, events, organisation profiles, federated comments, custom themes: built with the communities who needed them, ready to use as-is, or to shape into a flavour of your community's own.

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Title: pic.twitter.com/Y5MA5el1TM— Coldfire (@cold_fire7) January 25, 2026

Fireside Friday, August 27, 2025 (On Defending History)
Hey folks, Fireside this week! As I noted a couple of weeks ago, things are probably going to get more than a little fireside-y over the next few weeks, simply because of the start of the semester …

Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
Fireside this week! I am spinning up to write a Teaching Paradox series on Imperator later this week, but not quite ready to get started yet. I’m also thinking, perhaps before that, of doing …

FireScape - an Old School RuneScape-themed FE8 hack [COMPLETE]
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Every day is now fire season. Let's get you ready for the next wildfire burning near you
We all need to be concerned — and prepared.


FWIW, I'm a fire horse: - Fire: intensity, urgency, and passion... motivating but also demanding - Horse: rapid change, fresh opportunities, personal growth, faster (according to Vogue, anyway: vogue.com/article/year-of-the-fire-hors…) That figures...
This Is What the Year of the Fire Horse Means for You
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Cheat Sheet: These are the steps fire victims need to take to make an insurance claim
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Evacuation terms can be confusing. Here’s what they mean and how to sign up for alerts

Every day is now fire season. Let's get you ready for the next wildfire burning near you

Cheat sheet: A quick roundup of SoCal fire coverage and safety resources