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When Life Throws You a Lemon…

First of all, SORRY that I’m been away from the site for so long!  I’ve had little to no time at all to blog.  LIFE HAS BEEN CRAZY!!!
Here is what has been going on, in a nut shell:
Our house was hit by lightning about two months ago and caught on fire.  It is currently being [...]

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Free Advice (Always worth what you paid for it)

-A wise old saying:
“The intelligent man learns from his own experience; the wise man learns from the experience of others.”
I’ve spent the last week rereading this post and rethinking this old adage. It is one that I’ve tried to keep close to my heart as a business guy and entrepreneur. I think that the marginal success that [...]

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Life is Good!

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Pure Michigan

We rolled out of bed this morning to 7 inches of beautiful Michigan Snow!  I’m thinking SNOW FORT!

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World’s Best Credit Card

Now that I’ve officially dumped Capital One and let you, my friends and loyal readers, know of their evil ways…I’m going to take you along for the ride as I search out and hopefully find the worlds best credit card.
This credit card program must have it all.  Great rates, awesome customer service, and particularly an [...]

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TAM Interview

IF YOU HAVE KIDS, YOU WILL APPRECIATE THIS. NOTHING BETTER THAN A LITTLE UNSCRIPTED FUN WHEN YOU HAD THE KIDS THE VIDEO CAMERA!
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How do you define wealth?

As a personal finance blog, we tend to spend a lot of time on the topic of money.  The older that I get (and the faster my 3 daughters grow up) I realize that my personal defination of wealth is changing rapidly.  I used to be solely concerned with the weekly, monthly, and yearly fluctuations [...]

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30 Sneaks Up On Ya!

I got BLASTED last night with a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY thrown by my wife and some friends. 
They completely caught me off guard last night as my birthday is still a couple of days away.  When I got home from the movies with my buddy Steve Gohl and bounded down into my basement ready to play [...]

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World’s Best Gaming System, Nintendo Wii

I got one of these Nintendo Wii systems today as an early Birthday present for Sarah and I from my folks. 
This crazy thing is incredible.  It was extremely easy to set up, and the technology is simply amazing.  I love everything about it…except that the Wii Fit told me that I’m 15 pounds overweight and [...]

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History of Social Security

Our Social Security System:

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program.  He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary.
2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program,
3.) That the money the participants elected to put [...]

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