Have you ever dealt with your insurance company and gotten frustrated?  Ha!  I realize this may be an understated question. I got to thinking about the whole insurance customer service thing the other night and began to wonder what the world would be like if an insurance company took over fast food giant McBurgers (not [...]

Sometimes we need to recalibrate our personal danger meter.  We often react to dramatic events disproportionately to less dramatic events that are far more dangerous.  And happen more frequently. A familiar case in point is travel.  If I gave you two choices on how to travel, and told you that if you chose option 1 [...]

You know, there are some things that just can’t be done.  Like a do-over on a bad parachute jump, for example.  Or stopping a cat from chasing a mouse.  Or not laughing yourself silly at the non-stop budgeting tragedy/comedy coming out of Washington — which provides daily proof for comedian Will Rogers’ line that “The [...]

Here’s a great web site I found that you will want to check out.  It’s the US Debt Clock.  It’s real time so as you watch it you see how much we are adding to the budget deficit every second. It’s fascinating to watch, and you will see how fast we are spending dollars into [...]

Isn’t investing in the stock market these days’ just loads of fun? The late, great American comedian Will Rogers must have thought so in his time.  He said, “Investing is easy.  All you have to do is buy low and sell high.” Hey, that sounds simple enough. But when is it low and when is [...]

If you notice things get a little darker Saturday at 8:30 PM, don’t worry, it’s probably due to the annual Earth Hour event. Organized by the World Wildlife Fund, it’s held on the last Saturday in March to raise awareness of taking actions on Global Climate Change.  This is done by asking households and businesses [...]