Money and Financial Lifestyle

I might tune into the SOTU (State Of The Union) address tonight. Unfortunately, I have to watch the Unknown Kids (unknown Wife has a girls night out). If I weren’t, I might be willing to try one of the following SOTU drinking games: From the Huffington Post From the San Francisco Chronicle From the New York Daily News But, since I have to watch the kids (and I want to have a liver once I’m 60), I guess I’ll just have to content myself with SOTU Bingo .

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Preparing for Obama’s SOTU Address

A serious and sad note today - Mark Bertus (a finance prof at Auburn University) passed away early this morning at the age of 38 after a long battle with cancer. He leaves behind a wife and three children, and is now pain free and in the presense of Joy Himself Those of you who knew him can read the story of his last couple of years as chronicled by his wife Rhonda at their blog .

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R.I.P. Mark Bertus (12/21/1971 - 1/26/2010)

I don’t discuss it much on the blog, but those of you who know me know that I’m a bit of a political junkie. So, I’ve been watching the goings on in the Massachusetts Senate race the last few weeks. I grew up in a neighboring state, and was fed a regular serving of Kennedy media in my younger years

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Inconceivable!

I was watching the Unknown Baby Boy today while the Unknown Wife went to physical therapy (she recently threw her back out - luckily, it’s gotten better). So, I got to my office later than expected. When I did, it was raining a bit, and the faculty lot behind my building was full

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Fun With Faculty Parking

I’m grateful that the Unknown Baby Boy has a good disposition. He laughs easily and often, and is generally a happy kid most of the time. Here’s a short clip (luckily, he gets his looks from his mother)

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Great Video of The Unknown Baby Boy

The deadline for submissions to the FMA (Financial Management Association, our national association) national conference is this Friday.

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Arghhhh!

British theologian and satirist Malcolm Muggeridge once remarked that it’s difficult being a satirist. You work so hard to put someone into a ridiculous situation, and then they go ahead and do something far stranger and dumber than anything you could have come up with. Yale undergrads provided the latest illustration of Muggeridge’s point.

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Yale Students Are Sissies

I just shoveled another 6 inches of global warming off my driveway. I blame Al Gore. On a more serious note, here’s wishing you a Happy New Year to one and all

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Gotta Love That Global Warming

Well, it’s the last finally the day of the year. So, here’s wishing you all a safe, happy, and prosperous New Year

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Out With The Old Year, and In WIth The New

Since Unknown University starts (and ends) their fall semester a bit late, I’m just putting the finishing touches on my grades - two classes down and one (the smallest, luckily) to go. It’s been a tough semester - three preps (for the non academics among you, a prep is a unique class - so three preps means I taught three different classes), and one was a brand new one (Fixed Income) for me. I took it because the senior faculty who regularly teaches it took a sabbatical, and it’s required of all our students.

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As The Semester Winds Down