Four years ago, during the Presidential Election we were faced with a choice between a white male who was a little too stiff (Al Gore) and a white male who was a little too cowboy (George W. Bush).
First we got Al, then we got George, then we got Al, then we got George – then we didn’t know who we got due to a bunch of hanging chads in another Bush’s state – then it went to the supreme court and we ended up with George W.
Both men went on to change the world in their own unique ways.
Gore went …read more

I pride myself of being frugal, fiscally responsible and downright cheap.
It’s downright genetic and in my upbringing and out of middle-class economic necessity.
Inflation is out of control as going to the grocery store gets more expensive every time I go. The increased price of gas is leaking out to the price of everything.
I’ve been combating the guilt and frustration at the grocery store by raising my budget and saying, It’s out of my control. We have to eat. I don’t control the price of gas or groceries.
Imagine my shame when I heard Kate Gosselin, mother of twins and sextuplets from …read more

Some authors have to hustle to promote their books.  They struggle to get a book deal, sometimes they self-publish. They contact reporters and beg for reviews. I get contacted by these hard working artists trying to make a difference, write a story, people with something relevant to say.  
But, not Jenna Bush. The President’s daughter has been on my television all day long because she wrote a book.
Which brings me to a post I wrote earlier on Quit Coping, called Fair Smair, about fairness and how it’s futile to think about it.
I mean, I could bring up how my family’s economics are …read more

I checked this book out of the library because I love its catchy title: How to Survive on $50,000 to $150,000 a Year by Stanley J. Cohen & Robert Wool, copyright 1984.
Here are some of my favorite excerpts:

Ten, fifteen years ago, when you looked ahead you thought that if you ever earned $60,000 say, or $90,000 with two incomes in the family, you’d be rich. Yet here you are, you and your wife are pulling in $90,000, and one thing you’re sure of: You’re not rich.
First, Perception. You are not earning what you think you are earning. Or what you thought you …read more