People often by a home or rent an apartment and the only private room in their home turns out to be the bedroom.  This shouldn’t be the case as every woman and man deserves a home office or library.  You could use your bedroom to do work, read, make phone calls, email, etc., but I think a bedroom should only be […]

The Wall Street Journal recently ran a short article entitled, “Making of a Miser: Nature versus Nurture”  The article highlights a few important points in terms of what makes people cheap: If you have two thrifty parents, you’re likely to be thrifty as well. People who lived through the Great Depression were thrifty their entire lives. People have innate tendencies […]

There’s nothing like the feeling of owning your own home, provided that your ownership experience came without a complicated adjustable rate mortgage and with a nice sizeable down payment to off-set your monthly payments.  With that said, what does the first time homeowner truly need to run his or her own property/house?  And by run I mean basic maintenance and upkeep […]

“There’s a choice we’re making we’re saving our own lives. It’s true we’ll make a better day just you and me” I think it’s time Wall Street gets together and records its own version of We Are the World, maybe something along the lines of “We Are the Capitalists”. Seriously, folks, have a listen to the original 1985 recording and it […]

OK, I’ve gone through my cupboard again and here’s Part 2 of the “Foods I Live On” series: Whole Foods Organic Coffee – the dark roast variant is flavorful and full bodied and plus it’s organic!  Also, for the quality of the roast versus price and amount, it aint a bad deal! Lindt Dark 70 Percent Dark Chocolate – dark choclate […]