Published April 4, 2013
I am one of the people in Milwaukee who doesn't mind that Summerfest chief Don Smiley makes a lot of money and I am one of a handful who knows why this is such a big story for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The newspaper has always been obsessed with how much money people who don't work for the newspaper make. When I say "obsessed," I am not exaggerating. I have very personal experience with this.
Published Feb. 26, 2013
I noticed the $10 bill I was carrying around was getting rejected a lot by electronic cashiers. I thought it was just wrinkled; turned out it was counterfeit.
Published Dec. 7, 2012
In general, most agree with this sentiment that the holidays are about spending time with family - sharing with them stories and food. So what if you really didn't buy store-bought gifts for your family members and friends? How would they react?
Published Oct. 8, 2012
The lead item on the news this weekend was about how much money the two campaigns had raised. I was stunned, but it gave me an idea.
Published July 20, 2012
Southeastern Wisconsin business executives are more optimistic about the direction of their companies in the second half of the year than they were when the year began, according to the latest BizTimes Business Dashboard Survey.
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...
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