When Lifestyle Inflation is A-Okay

What to do when your business revenue is going up or you finally get that promotion you've been angling for?  Most people will use that newfound money to go on a nice trip or take the family out to dinner.  Others will stick the extra money into a … [Continue reading]

Diamonds in the Rough Roundup 7/24/2015

Slow time in the sports world for me.  No basketball and no football.  When the ESPY award show was on there were no sports anywhere!  Can't wait for the NFL season to start. Just a couple of articles today that made the cut: Dangers of Earning … [Continue reading]

When a Sale Really Isn’t a Sale

Amazon recently had a "flash" sale on July 15 only for its Prime Members (which is pretty much everybody because who wants to wait more than two days for shipping?).  The company and other news outlets were hyping it up a few weeks before, saying … [Continue reading]

Diamonds in the Rough Roundup 7/11/15

It's been a slow slow sports week.  Not much to talk about today except: don't play with fireworks.  Jason Pierre-Paul, one of the best defensive players on the New York Giants, had to have his index finger amputated because of a fireworks incident. … [Continue reading]

When You Don’t Want to Be Making More Money

Having a child was one of the best decisions we ever made.  Seeing our son go from sitting up to crawling to walking to running and now parroting everything he hears (gotta watch what I say now!) has been a joy and a privilege to be a part of. … [Continue reading]

Diamonds in the Rough Roundup 6/19/15

What a great end to a great NBA playoffs.  It was an NBA Finals with some very interesting storylines, the biggest one being the injuries to Lebron's two wingmen Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.  And when Irving was ruled out of the series after Game 1, … [Continue reading]

Want to Get Ahead? Be More Machine and Less Human

The Industrial Revolution was great.  It allowed increased productivity which made company executives very happy, but it made certain workers obsolete.  The ongoing digital revolution is awesome too.  We hardly ever have to pay bills by snail mail, … [Continue reading]

Diamonds in the Rough Roundup 6/5/15

What in incredible Game 1 of the NBA Finals.  I saw somewhere that it was actually the highest rated Game 1 in NBA Finals history.  Pretty impressive.  The Warriors got off to their usual slow start, but were able to climb back in it with the help of … [Continue reading]

Student Loan Interest Deduction: Who Really Wins?

I've talked to many colleagues and students about what their student loan payoff plan is and why they chose it.  I've heard extreme answers like some who are just going to stretch their plan out as long as possible and pay the minimum until the end, … [Continue reading]

Diamonds in the Rough Roundup 5/22/15

I have to say, I was worried about the quality of my beloved NBA the past few years.  But the playoffs have been incredible the past few years, and this year is no exception.  And it's nice to see guards taking the spotlight for once, as James Harden … [Continue reading]