Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Ignore My Financial Advice

A few people in the last month have asked me for financial advice. Giving financial advice is a delicate and risky endeavor. It’s not like fitness or nutritional advice (which I no longer give).
If I tell an overweight person to lift weights and stop drinking alcohol, the worst thing that can happen is the person [...]

Friday, December 28th, 2007

My Last Piece of Fitness or Nutritional Advice

Over the years quite a few people have asked me for fitness or nutritional information. As much as I try to be helpful, I’ve come to the conclusion that it has all been a waste of time. Why? In the last few years I’ve noticed, all my advice appears not to be working. With one [...]

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Summer of George Tips

One month ago today I quit my job of over 4 years and embarked on my Summer of George. I consider my first month to be a success, but not a total success. My mistakes were minor, but I figured I should discuss them for those of you that I might inspire to quit your [...]

Monday, May 15th, 2006

My Advice on Selling Your House

Last month I told a friend not to do a for sale by owner. In that post I went into detail why you need to court buyers agents more than ever. Someone asked me what I would do if I had to sell my house now. Before I outline my plan, let me first state [...]

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

For Sale By Owner - Don’t Do It

A friend of mine recently told me she was going to sell her house herself. She asked me what I thought of that idea. Here is what I told her.
There are 2 cycles to the real estate market. A buyers market and a sellers market. 2004 was the end of the sellers market. Today the [...]

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

Advice to the Beer Wenches

To all the wait staff and bartenders at a brew pubs, you need to have some basic knowledge about the product you are serving. I’m so tired of brew pubs that spend countless hours constructing great beer recipes, but then don’t spend 5 minutes training their beer wenches on their custom brews.
There are two types [...]