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This financial topic can mean different things to different people. Kids cost a lot of money…that’s one way to think about it. But that is not today’s focus. Ask a young child which is worse: Not being able to pay the mortgage or not being able to get that ice cream cone after dinner? First… Read more

Doesn’t really feel like Fall here in NJ during the daytime but evenings and nights are getting cooler and dropping into the 50s. Since I live in “the Garden State”, now is a great time for all our vegetables and peppers (even our tomatoes are doing fairly well still). I was given some butternut squash… Read more

Today’s sports = $$$ topic is not what you’re thinking. We all know professional athletes, and now college athletes with the ability to cash in with NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) are raking in some serious money. But that’s not what I’m talking about because 99.99% of our kids aren’t going to become professional athletes. They… Read more

With schools starting back up recently and colleges in full swing, I’m sure parties are happening all over the majority of campuses around the world. I certainly remember (vaguely) my early days at the University of Delaware. The freedom of no parents and nobody telling you what you can and can’t do. Things can really… Read more

With yesterday being a holiday here in the US (Labor Day), I’m just going to be off topic this week. So NO, the Appalachian Trail has nothing to do with Finances or Booze (as far as I know). But with Emily home from college (after one whole week) we decided to take Sunday as a… Read more

Here’s a heavy Friday topic: School shootings in the US. Depending where you live, school may have started in your town. Here in NJ, most don’t start until after the Labor Day weekend. So even though our area hasn’t started school for the 2025-2026 school year, others schools are in session and have already had… Read more

One of the ways you know you have a true friend is that you could go days, weeks, months, or even years without speaking and when you reconnect, it’s like no time has passed and there is no blame as to why one of you haven’t reached out sooner. You are both just happy to… Read more

Many years ago (probably close to 30) I was hanging out with my buddy Jeff and his father. We were making dinner, relaxing, having some drinks and then his dad pours us a couple glasses and says “have this”. Being college students, or possibly recently graduated, we wouldn’t turn down free booze. We drank it… Read more

We made it…it’s Friday! I hope everyone had a good week and that there are some fun weekend plans ahead for each of you. Between all the travel, sports, activities, etc…we haven’t had much time for family get togethers this summer. So tomorrow we are gathering here on what is supposed to be a beautiful… Read more

I think about how fast time goes with the kids sometimes and it brings me back to certain memories. All the trips we take and all the time we try to spend with them is so valuable, especially when you realize they become fewer as they go off to college and start their own independent… Read more

As a kid I remember summer picnics, hanging out with family, and getting that sip of my Dad’s beer (usually the last warm ounce). I’m sure somewhere there is an old picture of me sitting on his lap with a can in my hands. Now back in the late 70s and early 80s, there wasn’t… Read more

This time I’m not talking about a mountain peak. I don’t follow politics very closely at all…mostly because I dislike all politicians. But I do know the President is at the Alaska Summit which is being held at the Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. I only took note of this because this is where… Read more

I miss the beach. I have been on a few beaches the last couple years but unfortunately, I haven’t had a beach day down the Jersey Shore in a long while. I definitely miss those days when the family and the kids (my own and my niece and nephew) would spend the entire day on… Read more

What better topic for Family Wednesday than to touch on our actual DNA. I think there are probably more people than not that have had their DNA analyzed by one of the many companies that perform this service. Several years ago, my parents gave my brother and I the Ancestry.com kit as a gift for… Read more

No…today I will not be discussing algebra or trigonometry. The Higher Math I’m referring to is a beer that was released 10 years ago by Dogfish Head Brewing. https://www.dogfish.com/drink/beer/higher-math I’ve had a lot of unique beers over the years and this one is definitely up there. Coming in at 17%…it’s a bottle you want to… Read more

I remember years ago sitting with my grandmother and chatting about what her childhood was like. Anyone around my age (early 50s) or so has probably had the same conversations. Milk and ice deliveries to the doorstep. Gathering around the radio to listen to news and entertainment. Remembering their first TV, or car, or even… Read more

I think one of the hikes that really started things off for Emily was our trip to South Dakota years ago. We did some amazing hikes while there but the first one we did was The Notch Trail in The Badlands. Coming from the East Coast, there is nothing like hiking out West and this… Read more

I listen to a variety of music but I do tune in most often to Radio Margaritaville or No Shoes Radio. One of Kenny Chesney’s songs that I hear fairly often on both stations is titled: Don’t Blink. There is a lot of truth to that song and the lyrics. Life goes very, very fast.… Read more

Since my most current season of Beer League Hockey has ended, let’s discuss one of the most important things for this sport…the beer. My team’s name is the Iceoholics, which kind of tells you my guys like to drink some beers before games, definitely after games, and sometimes even during the games. Here is the… Read more

Happy Monday, For everyone who paid attention on Friday and made a few trades, you have likely started your week well as the Stock Market has bounced back after Friday’s sell off. I definitely figured it was going to bounce back….but I admit I didn’t think I would do so that quickly. Either way, I… Read more

I usually like to blog my finance stuff on a Monday morning but in light of the stock market tumbling hard this morning, I felt I should send a reminder out. RELAX. We have seen this before multiple times this year already. Over the last 3 months we have seen the DOW grow over 6%…it… Read more

For the first time in a very long time, Mary and I got away for a quick trip….without the kids. We love vacationing with the kids…I have mentioned that in the past and it still holds true. But we had the opportunity to head up to Boston last week for a couple days. What a… Read more

Booze and Baseball. Two of my favorite things! I figured since Sunday was the Baseball HOF induction ceremony, we can combine that with the Booze Tuesday topic. A few years ago Mikey had the opportunity to play in Cooperstown with his 12U baseball team. He still says it was the greatest week of his life.… Read more

This weekend was the end of baseball season for Mikey as he finished his last travel tournament….which immediately transitions into hockey season starting next week. The years go by so quickly. Feels like I was just coaching him playing as a 6 year old on the town field but that was a long time ago… Read more

So a picture is worth a 1000 words…this one probably more. I’m not going to beat this dead horse any further and as my title today reads : This soon shall pass. Somebody will undoubtedly do something way more stupid and newsworthy by the weekend and we’ll be on to something else to ridicule in… Read more