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Today is Mardi Gras: Mardi Gras, French for “Fat Tuesday,” is the final day of Carnival celebrations occurring the day before Ash Wednesday. It signifies a last period of indulgence in rich, fatty foods and partying before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins. Known for parades, costumes, and beads, it marks a final celebration before 40 days… Read more

How often is this question asked? Probably quite a bit and is there really a true answer? Interestingly enough, you can truly ask ChatGPT anything. What do you think of their answer? Here’s the most honest answer I can give: The secret of life isn’t one thing. It’s alignment. Alignment between: When those four line… Read more

I turned on the Olympic games yesterday and obviously I have in interest in watching hockey. I also, being of Italian decent, hope that the Italian athletes do well in the Games. So when I tuned into the hockey game to see that Italy was in a close battle with Sweden, despite the huge discrepancy… Read more

Family (genetically speaking) is all about the DNA. As technology has taken leaps and bounds over the last several decades, some areas I can totally get on board with while others not so much. The “not so much” category for me is utilizing cloning technology to replicate your dog like Tom Brady did a few… Read more

The 2026 Olympic Games are underway in Milan, Italy and it made me think…..what beer would I be drinking if I was in attendance? A simple Google search gives you the “official” sponsors of the games. Apparently AB InBev is the global sponsor promoting it’s NA beer. And the USA sponsor is Michelob Ultra. I’d… Read more

Happy Monday everyone! I have touched on the topic of utilizing a financial advisor vs doing your own investing in the past. As I’ve also shared, I have a few avenues myself utilizing two financial advisors/institutions (each managing about 25% of my total portfolio) and myself doing the last 50% through a trading platform. If… Read more

I’m back from Florida….got home last night….but not as expected. I was tracking not only my flight from Orlando back to Philadelphia, but also always track where your plane is coming in from at that time. Last night my Frontier flight (that airline flies fairly often and very inexpensive between PHL and many Florida destinations)… Read more

“The market is crashing! I have to sell off my portfolio before I lose everything!” “Prices are rising…I have to buy now or I’m going to miss out!” Yes…this is why many people fail or can’t handle the stock market. They follow the fear/FOMO (fear of missing out) and haven’t done their research and maintain… Read more

On Fridays I sometimes just like to go to Google Trends and see what it being searched both here in the United States and also around the world. Today’s common search around the globe was Djokovic vs Sinner at the Australian Open. I enjoy tennis…it’s a great sport and I used to play for fun… Read more

I’m off again soon to Florida for another trip. This one is definitely leisure and I’ll be hanging out with a good friend for a few days. There will beer/liquor involved so it will definitely give me a solid Booze Tuesday post in the week that follows. I’m looking forward to a break from the… Read more

Today’s Family topic….teeth brushing. Not yours….your dog’s teeth. Deke had his “well visit” at the vet office yesterday. He’s very healthy and doing great! One of the things the vet commented on was how good his teeth look. Now Deke is 5 years old and I admit I didn’t start brushing his teeth from day… Read more

While on the trip out west to New Mexico and Texas, I always like to find local breweries and try local beers. One of the ones I bought in a store and tried in the hotel after hikes was Get Elevated from La Cumbre Brewing Co. It was rated as a world class (96) on… Read more

Since I spent the better part of the morning shoveling out snow and ice, today’s post will be a quick one. Lately I’ve been speaking to a lot of my friends and helping them get started in the Stock Market. I’ve always liked the diversification of ETFs and today I’m sharing an brief article for… Read more

If you live in the Northeastern US around the Philadelphia area, you would think the world is coming to a end. We are predicted to have a significant snow/ice event this weekend. How bad is it going to be? Who knows? Meteorologists have a lower batting average than most National League pitchers before the DH… Read more

As promised, here are some pictures and information from our trip to Guadalupe Mountains National Park. There are many trails and a nice visitor center with a couple parking lots, restrooms, gift shop, etc. We hiked a couple days there while on this trip. They first hike was shorter but very rewarding with some amazing… Read more

Last week Emily and I took a trip out West to see a few more National Parks. Today I’ll focus on the two we visited in the state of New Mexico and tomorrow I’ll review Guadalupe Mountains National Park in TX. When we arrived in El Paso last week, we immediately got into our rental… Read more

I promise to get to the National Parks trip we just returned from tomorrow. And because of the MLK Jr. Holiday here in the US yesterday, my post topics are all mixed up. But since the stock market opened again today and it’s in the RED, I have to post on this familiar trend. So….where… Read more

In the month of January here in NJ, we still on occasion can get a snowfall worth sledding on. As it stands today, temps are in the low 50’s so that isn’t happening anytime soon. However, Emily and I will be sledding tomorrow…in slightly warmer weather…..and on sand not snow. Huh? Confused yet? I have… Read more

Welcome to 2026….now get ready to pay more taxes! I usually reach out in December to schedule my appointment for tax preparation with my CPA in late Feb or early March. I forgot and was about to do it the first week of January. As I went back to grab his contact information online, I… Read more

OK…so I’m not here to talk about what side of the political fence you stand on. We are all aware that we have an extremely polarizing President here in the United States. As someone who loves to hike and appreciates the beauty and wonder of our gorgeous National Parks here, I need to address the… Read more

While I was working on the master bathroom remodel before the holidays, the girls made their way south to South Florida to enjoy some time in the Florida Keys. (Don’t cry for me…Mikey and I did take that trip to St. Thomas a couple weeks beforehand). Emily does have the goal of visiting each and… Read more

As I mentioned before my holiday break, Mary and Emily went down to the Florida Keys for the week for a nice mother/daughter trip. I’ll post some pictures of their trip tomorrow for everyone. During that week, I was able to remodel the master bathroom, which was long overdue. Surprisingly, it didn’t take nearly as… Read more

If there was one thing I was qualified to give an opinion on this holiday season, it was definitely beer. I probably drank too much over the long break I had but I enjoyed it. So of the many, many beverages I consumed, which one was the holiday favorite? For reference, let me say these… Read more

So I’m back at it for 2026. I will get back to my normal posting schedule to bring you more mildly interesting information! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and enjoyed some time off with family and friends. Read more

Today is the last working day of 2025 for me. I do appreciate that I work for a company that immediately gave all new employees 5 weeks of vacation right after I joined. So I won’t be posting every day again until after the new year but will occasionally sit down over the next few… Read more