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Kid$$$

I don’t have kids of my own so I don’t know how expensive they can be. Yeah, I hear about these costs: nannies, day care, diapers, strollers. But I don’t really understand the big picture and probably never will until…

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Fashion Friday: A Kid at Heart

I force myself to be a light packer which is the complete opposite of Dean. Whenever we’re done packing, he’ll still have a small pile of toiletries or socks set aside and I know I’ll need to put them in…

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American Debt: The Right Perspective, Giddyap

Did anyone catch this article buried in the WSJ a while back? Damn funny and damn true! I’ll copy in the first half, but click on the link at the end for the full article. Joe Queenan for the Wall…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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