Boo… Happy Halloween! You ever have a scary “Ah-Ha” moment? I had one of those last night! We ordered some take out last night. When it was delivered, I thought I would be a good husband and put it in the oven to keep our dinner warm until we were ready. Being proud of…
DetailsThe Price of Cool Anyone of you have an extra $2500 hanging around that you are not intending to use? In order to be continuing to be considered cool, I will I have to upgrade to Windoz 7. All those commercials tell me I am NOT COOL unless I am a “PeeCee” on their latest…
DetailsFall is Here! Have you ever gone to the pantry and opened a jar of Peanut Butter only to find it was empty? Or have you gone to the fridge and grab the milk to find only a spits worth left? Ahhh You have teenagers also! Timmy has been back to college at Western Illinois…
DetailsSay What? Steven Wright is one of my favorite stand-up comics. He has a unique grasp of the obvious. Here are a few of my favorite quotes; “A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I’m afraid of widths.” “Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.” “I have the world’s…
DetailsWhat Ever… I’ve been down in the dumps lately… Kim has lost her job… House has lost 40% of it’s value… Health Care is messed up (better when we had it through Kim’s job)… Iran has nukes… Cubs and Sox are out of the playoffs… Bears lost to Green Bay… And I don’t work for…
DetailsGetting Connected for Business… There is only two weeks till Kim joins the ranks of the unemployed. After 14 years of service to the same company, they are shutting the Chicago office and leaving dozens to join the ranks of statistics counted each week by US Department of Labor. Tim is heading back for his final…
DetailsTweet Me – Tweet You In prepping for doing this blog I made a dumb mistake. In the admin section I pressed automatic update to go to WordPress 2.8.something. I’ve done it before, and it always hoses my blog forcing me to restore from backup on my Web server. It just makes me realize how…
DetailsFacebooking… My wife was nervous… Last week I was chatting on Facebook with a buddy Scott Kohler (an outstanding drummer and a fine Financial Planner with Merrill Lynch). One of his hobbies is to jump out of perfectly good airplanes. We were going back and forth. Katy (Scott’s wife) chimes in “Hey, Brian…there’s always room…..I…
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