Wednesday May 1st, 2013 – Fox Lake, IL New month, new motivation. I just finished slugging out a pleasurable productive month doing ‘Schlitz Happened!’ shows, regular standup comedy shows and teaching comedy classes, but the money I made from all of it is gone li...
Sunday February 10th, 2013 – Lake County, IL I’ve been dipping my toe in the water with the antiques picking game, and I think I’m going to do pretty well for several reasons. I’ve been looking for another source of income that’s flexible, and I think...
Wednesday July 18th, 2012 – Rockford, IL/Libertyville, IL I think there’s a valuable lesson to be learned from the hectic schedule I have this week, but it’s still a little fuzzy as to exactly what it might be. I’m actually enjoying the challenge, even thou...
Monday July 9th, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL The more I get done lately, the more that piles up. Life isn’t supposed to work like that, is it? If this is a joke from the universe, I’m not laughing. I’ve been too busy to laugh, as I’ve been trying to breathe l...
Wednesday June 20th, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL A lot of people don’t want to admit it, but money really does matter. I’ll be the first one to pipe up about how important it is to chase one’s inner life passion first – and I wholeheartedly believe it is &nda...
Wednesday April 25th, 2012 – Chicago, IL Times are getting tougher than I’ve ever seen them - and that’s saying a lot. I’ve had more than my share of difficulty trying to survive before, but not like now. Money is ridiculously tight, and the price of gas is...
...at least not based on the recent hub-ub. After just watching the nightly news report (3-22-12), I realized that no where in the story did they mention that 75% of the money that YOU donate to the LOCAL affiliate STAYS HERE in Southeastern Wisconsin - that includes Race for the Cure (not ...
Tuesday March 20th, 2012 – Fox Lake, IL Sometimes I think I’m being smart, when in fact I’m just a big old stupid goof no matter what I do. I bought myself a spare car when I had a little extra cash, and I thought I was backing myself up in case of a problem. Lit...
Monday February 13th, 2012 - Kenosha, WI I am the man of constant sorrow. I’ve seen trouble all my days. Today, car trouble came over for a visit to rekindle our lifelong relationship. After all was said and done, it put me $932 deeper into the financial trench I’m already...
Monday July 18th, 2011 - Cary, IL One of the most glaringly important skill sets essential to life on this planet I’m not now and never have been able to find a way to master is the handling of money. Quite frankly, I suck rotten goat cheese balls at it. While I’ve never a...
Of course, MPS should sell the 27 vacant and under-used buildings to whomever wants them. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that could bring in up to $35 million, which MPS needs desperately in the wake of reduction in state aid proposed ...
Well apparently I lost track of my week already. I guess a two day snow storm will do that to you.So far, I'm doing pretty well with my first two challenges. During my down time, I look some time to look at my fixed expenses for the month. I spent a little time on-line and realized that I'm payin...
Well today is the beginning of my plan to finally be more financially responsible. (Is it sad that I'm almost 30 and this is just kicking in now?) So I made a random list of things I want to work on to make myself financially stronger this month. I am learning the hard way that I don't have ...
Well, I think it's safe to say that I've hit a financial "bottom". I've spent the last few days looking at my personal finances and figured out that I dont' have enough money coming in next month to cover the money that needs to go out. I'm not really sure how that happened, but needles...
Back in the 1980s, a very successful ad campaign for investment adviser E.F. Hutton featured variations on a crowded room - an airport, cocktail reception or restaurant. When one person mentioned to another that ‘E.F. Hutton says...' the room would suddenly become silent as everyone tried t...
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