I know December is hectic with holiday parties, shopping, etc. and it's hard to find the time to scrap, but hopefully the DECEMBER CONTESTS and CHALLENGES will inspire a little creativity!  I love surprises!  I thought giving a surprise prize for the December Contest was ...

This week as you enjoy your poison of choice at your favorite watering hole, raise your glass to the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. This Friday, December 5, celebrates the end of 13 years of mandated teetotaling. And it has become increasingly apparent that the products of artisanal ...

Maddie "Reigning Blog Rookie of the Year" Grant has tagged me in the good ol' Tell us five things we don't know about you blogging meme. She tagged me and some other long time bloggers, pointing out that the association blogosphere has grown considerably in the last few years, so even though I've do...

  hello Monday.  work was totally kick ass today and by that I mean that I along with my two techs totally knocked it out of the park.  by 12:30pm, we had 100 scripts filled and the counter was clean.  I really wanted to do the touchdown dance, I was so excited.  not on...

Filed under: Deals, Good news, Newsletters, Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Stocks to Buy Over the long holiday weekend, I had a chance to do some much needed reading. Given my vocation, sometimes I like to read articles that have little to do with the markets or finance as a way of recharging my batteri...

I caught a little big of flack a few months ago when I suggested total transparency around financial information in organizations, which included telling everyone what everyone else made. A few people pointed out to me that it was easy for me to throw this gauntlet down, since I didn't employ anyone...

Filed under: Business, Food and Drink, Taiwan In his recent Wallet Pop post on 7-Eleven's move to provide more 7-Eleven private-brand products, Geoff Williams mentioned the U.S. and Canada as two 7-Eleven countries. There are more than that. There are so many that it can make your head spin. With so...

Filed under: Learning, Stories, Video, Travel Health Walking or cycling are the best cardio exercises while you are on vacation. That's the first exercise tip on this video I came across while I was looking for the video on the Push-up Bandit in Santa Monica. The recommendation is to put your car ke...

I’ll be out of blogging range for a few days and haven’t had the time to get any daily holiday reading features in place. So here’s something that applies more generally, from Henry Fielding again: The fifteen maxims of Jonathan Wild.  Never do more mischief to another more than necessar...

I'm digging this time-off stuff. It's really nice. We met up with Paul's friend Chris on Friday night to see the new Charlie Kauffman film (Senedoche, NY, or something like that). We all had high hopes for it based on Kauffman and the cast (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Cather...