Posted in Family on Dec 31st, 2007
On the last day of the year, I thought I would share a story of what happened to me on another New Year’s Eve 2 years ago. It was the year 2005, on the eve of 2006. My son Marcus had a ceramic piggy bank, and we had been putting our daily change [...]
As we close on the year 2007, and get ready for 2008, its a good time to reflect on the past year. Time goes fast, and before you know it a year has passed. As we get older, it seems harder to remember events and places. Its all one big blur. [...]
The college football bowl season is now in full swing with bowl games almost every day until the BCS National Championship game on Jan 7, 2008. As we watch these games, we realize that these are not pro athletes, but rather college kids who are playing for the love of the game. They are not [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 24th, 2007
This year was the year I was to send out a family newsletter. After enjoying many of your newsletters over the years, I now had the time and motivation to tackle a newsletter. It started out well. Writing the newsletter was not difficult. I enjoy it, and writing comes easy to [...]
Posted in Dining on Dec 18th, 2007
Its time for another post about fine dining. I have not wrote about food for awhile because I have not had the opportunity to go out for a nice meal lately. Until now. Last week we had the chance to celebrate my 41st birthday at Boulevard in San Francisco. Boulevard is [...]
Posted in Family on Dec 17th, 2007
For the past year I have had the privilege of being able to take my kids to school each day. It is an experience that few Dads get to enjoy on a ongoing basis. This school year, I have been able to walk my son to school and pick him up every day [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Dec 10th, 2007
Here is another bank bonus to add to my previous list. I had been trying to take advantage of this one for awhile, but in the previous offer, you had to go to a Chase branch to open an account. There are no Chase bank branches anywhere in Northern California. Now, you [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 7th, 2007
If you followed my tips on getting bank bonuses, you may have earned some extra money for the holidays. With that money, you can upgrade your gifts to your family and friends. Or you can treat yourself to something nice. Since my experiment with Black Friday shopping, I have confined my shopping [...]
Posted in Personal Finance on Dec 7th, 2007
Besides using focus group surveys to pick up some holiday spending money, there is a easier way to earn some money, bank bonuses. I have shared some in the past, but here are some you can do to pick up a few bucks before Christmas.
Etrade: $25 bonus for opening an account with a $1 [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on Dec 5th, 2007
I finished my focus group study on razors last week. I tested two razors over a one month period, and received $100. Not bad, but I did have to take BART into San Francisco twice which ate into my profits. It also took a month to get paid, but that was not a big deal [...]
