I read an interesting article on the investing site Seeking Alpha a few weeks ago. It was about how to give money to a younger relative (son/daughter, grandchild, etc.) in such a way that the gift promotes good money habits rather than create or perpetuate bad money habits ( Read more... )

I saw an interesting article yesterday. It was in USA Today (8/26) entitled, "Are Millennials killing beer, American cheese and canned tuna?" I clicked through because- as I've written about before- I'm amused by the ongoing murder spree the Millennial Generation are charged with. Media coverage about this generation is virtually always " ( Read more... )

Saturday this weekend we met some friends for a birthday celebration in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. It was a potluck party, and we'd promised to bring two dishes plus a variety of picnic-y things like barbecue tools and a spare cooler for drinks. But we didn't have a chance to prepare anything until about 9am on Saturday as we were up late ( Read more... )

I read a lot in the news about Millennials. You might see a lot of the stories, too. Many of them have headlines like, "Millennials Are Killing Applebee's", "Millennials Are Killing the Doorbell Industry", etc. Aside from the Millennial generation's apparent murder spree against things older people hold dear, who are the Millennials ( Read more... )

Kauai Travelog, UnnumberedDespite my stated intent a few days ago not to fall behind on writing about our Hawaii trip, I have indeed fallen behind. Like I've done on virtually every other trip ( Read more... )