Porter Elementary wasn't a school for ambitious kids. At the end of fourth grade, if you could tie your shoelaces in under eight minutes, you received a poster-sized gold star to hang up on your bedroom wall. And then it was on to fifth grade, which, if I remember correctly, … [Read more...]

I've never been much a fan of soap opera's, that is, until I had children. I realized at that point, my life had become just that...one big soap opera (Key music- Da Da Da!) As I sat at the breakfast table with my two boys, I suddenly imagined the camera crew and director … [Read more...]

Times are tough. You can tell by peeking in the bathroom. The plight of a person’s checkbook can be told by the ply of his toilet paper, according to economists. I’m not sure when economics schools began teaching toilet paper as a financial barometer, but there it is. As the … [Read more...]

There is a world-wide economic recession, the Big Three automakers are on the brink of bankruptcy and Bernard Madoff has stolen your entire life savings. Everywhere you look, it’s the same old story: no one has any money coming in. Somehow, you have to feed yourself and your … [Read more...]

It’s tough being unemployed. But the lack of money, food and shelter doesn’t compare with the misery of the job hunting process itself. The applications employers want you to fill out for these low paying, loser jobs are worse than working outside in sub zero temperatures while … [Read more...]