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How I Turn Credit Cards Rewards Into Free Vacations

How I Turn Credit Cards Rewards Into Free Vacations
Tweet Credit card debt is FUN! No, no it’s not.  It sucks eggs. I should know.  I’ve had major issues with plastic debt.  Ten years ago, I was nearly $20,000 in the red with Discover, American Express, and some random Visa card (probably...
February 3rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

Getting Comfortable With The C Word

Getting Comfortable With The C Word
Tweet I am not the best writer.  Never will be. I am not the best t-shirt designer.  Never will be. I am not the best father or husband or son.  Never will be. ********** As a younger man I would beat myself up about my shortcomings.  I would...
January 31st, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

The Most Important Question Of Our Time

The Most Important Question Of Our Time
Tweet We leave for Barcelona in exactly two months from today. In getting the kids ready and excited for our rapidly approaching 10 day journey through Spain, France & Andorra, we dug out the Bear’s scrapbook from our last trip abroad. ...
January 30th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting, Traveling with Kids | Read More

The Best Way To Start A Day

The Best Way To Start A Day
Tweet There are mornings, and then there are mornings when your 4 1/2-year-old daughter climbs into bed beside you just before the sun begins its losing battle against the predicted rain clouds and quietly and emotively says, as she wraps her short...
January 23rd, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Quick Thoughts: On Entertaining

Quick Thoughts: On Entertaining
Tweet As an entertainer and one who allows himself to entertain; I am getting better. It should be obvious, especially to anyone who has had the distinct displeasure of hearing me sing or watching me do something sorta resembles dancing, I am not...
January 19th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Abandoning The Elderly

Abandoning The Elderly
Tweet I turned 36 years of age today. As her present to me, the Mrs. will disappear into the moist grey sky this evening. Not a magic trick, unless air travel still fascinates you in that way. She’s ditching the girls and I for a business trip,...
January 17th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

The Case Against Saving for College

The Case Against Saving for College
Tweet A few housekeeping things right off the bat: The below stance has nothing at all to do with the validity of college savings plans themselves; the investments, management fees, etc.  The opinions expressed here are based entirely on the idea...
January 10th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Quick Thoughts: Giving Kids An Allowance

Quick Thoughts: Giving Kids An Allowance
Tweet We did it. We finally did it. And not because anyone asked either. It felt like the right time to us. That’s why, effectively immediately, the Bear will be getting $3 per week, the Mouse $1. It is important to note that neither child...
January 5th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More

Required Reading: Good Brother, Bad Father

Required Reading: Good Brother, Bad Father
Tweet If you spend any time at all on the internet, chances are you’ve come across some hideous behavior hiding behind the stiff arm of anonymity. People are more cruel here and it can sometimes weigh you down and make you think that this world...
January 5th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting, Required Reading | Read More

Plateau Running

Plateau Running
Tweet Comedian Louis C.K. quipped in a recent episode of his eponymously titled show on FX that at 40+ years of age his trips to the gym serve only to maintain his middling shape.  Gone are his dreams of a chiseled self.  He is, essentially, exercising...
January 4th, 2012 | Musings on Parenting | Read More
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