I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

If there are finer beings than German short hairs, I don't know what they are. In their eyes is peace.

I feel as if I'm in on a pass and am damn lucky to have whatever I have. It could all be taken away in a second.

The sad fact is that spending rises every year, no matter what people want or say they want.

I'd say the main way people get into terrible financial trouble is just to spend too much money relative to their income, and that is an endemic problem in the United States of America, and that's the kind of thing that should be taught about in schools.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.