The Holidays can bring out the spendiness in a lot of us. It can be tempting to want to play Santa Claus with all our loved ones and friends. I certainly have…
Attack of the Sweets!
Ah, the Holidays. The music. The friends and family. The sweets… Yikes! In the last two weeks, we have held two Holiday parties. We have attended several more. In the course of…
Questions I Asked Myself for 2019
At the beginning of the year, I wrote myself a list of questions intended to help me have a great year: QUESTIONS FOR 2019 How can I keep a clear my mind…
I’m Actually Enjoying This Holiday Season
So I went back on TV yesterday 🙂 I played piano on set “Good Day Sacramento”‘s Christmas Holiday Special, to be aired Christmas morning. I wrote about my last experience going on…
Overcoming the Silent Killer
As I wrote last year, we bring our clothes to be dried (we have a washer at home) at the nearby laundromat. This usually has worked out quite well, especially since the…
Happiness Has Its Own Momentum
It’s funny how being in a good mood–aka happy–helps feed one’s day with positivity. Today was one such day. I woke up early, and took a 9-mile jog with my running buddy…
Where’s My Golden Parachute?
“I have enough money to retire comfortably for the rest of my life. Problem is, I have to die next week.” –Anonymous “When I was young, I thought that money was the…
How Perfectly Things Evolve
We are now in week #2 of my new blogging plan, where I publish four posts a week. I decided to try this out because I knew I didn’t want to force…
This is Why We Invest in Stocks
I just finished re-reading Burton Malkiel’s investing classic, “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.” As I wrote the other day, Malkiel espouses the virtues of the Index Fund as a vehicle for…
The Economics of Sitting at the Cafe
Today I was at the cafe and the idea for today’s blog occurred to me. Supply and demand influences our perception of the value of things all the time. In fact, even…