When Is It Time To Buy?

It’s an interesting fact that when people want to buy something they follow the crowd. They line up to buy the latest gadget from Apple, buy the latest clothes at the Macy’s, and rush to buy a new home when the prices are skyrocketing. In the last few months the stock market has dropped dramatically [...]

The Problems of 2008

I woke up this morning and realized something… it’s a new year and I still have problems. In fact most of the problems I have now I had last year. Problems bug me. Problems cause stress and keep me up at night. Problems usually don’t go away by themselves. So what can I do about [...]

Travel Adventure: Camping At Best Buy

In a previous post I talked about my adventures of shopping on Black Friday. This year I had an enjoyable time and I did most of my shopping early Friday morning. I found a short line at Office Depot at 5am and spent about an hour in line. Not bad to save hundreds of dollars [...]

Deliberate Actions: Push The Envelope

Write a letter, put it in an envelope and put a stamp on it. Put it in the mail. Wait a few days and amazing things can happen. Job offers come, overcharges are returned, articles are accepted, contests are won. Results that could not come any other way. The power of a simple envelope is [...]

2005: An Interesting Mix

As we close out 2005 today I want to put out my best-of list for 2005. This was the year of the mix, and an interesting one to boot. Almost everything on my list is a mix of different elements. There is really nothing “new” here but a fun and exciting mix of styles, times [...]

Find Opportunity in your Community

With the end of the year closing in fast I thought back to some of the highlights from 2005. Almost all of them have something to do with a “community”. A community is described as “A group of people having common interests.” I belong to a number of communities. At home I’m part of my [...]