Category: Seriously?
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Appendix 2: Retirement Examples

This is for the Retirement Management Idea. I provide 2 numerical examples – one using Savings (i.e., not IRA money) and one using IRA money. These calculate the Financial Ratios, Minimum Asset and Rates, and project to the future.
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Mr. Bennett

Somewhere high on a hill halfway to the stars, above the blue and windy sea, a man sits in the morning fog. He calls to me. Rest in Peace, Tony Bennett. The golden sun will shine for you.
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Larry Hits the Lotto

Something you should know about me: If you ask me a reasonable question, do not expect a reasonable answer. I simply CANNOT be trusted. For example – Whenever I go to a restaurant a polite, well-intentioned server typically asks this question: “Can I bring you anything else?” Almost always, I say “Money”. This is how…
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Thirty-Six years in the Making
After 36 years, we finally get to spend Thanksgiving with you in Vermont. We may never be the same – at the very least we’ll probably never lose the approximately 1,000 pounds we gained feasting. Thanksgiving is a time of tradition, regardless the coast you are on. We visited from California, 36 years in the…
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Twenty Years

Twenty years. That’s how many years we have come to Sonoma County for vacation. Time has passed very quickly indeed. Still, every time that we start the drive up Highway 12 from Sonoma to Santa Rosa I still can’t believe how beautiful this place is and how lucky we are to be here.
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I Blinked

A long time ago, when I thought I was a veteran parent, I wrote a list of the things that one did not expect when they became a first-time parent. Since then, I’ve written many things about parenting. Many of these on Father’s Day, so we’ll consider this my “Fathers Day Advice” post. I’m now officially…
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The First and Last
What makes a good wine? Go to any tasting room and they’ll tell you of the process. Ignore them. They’ve never made wine. We learned more about wine simply sitting around their table on the farm. A couple of bottles, some really good cheese from Sharon’s Cheese Shop (no she didn’t own it, but we…