Thanksgiving has to be my favorite holiday. We don’t usually travel. I just kick back and watch football while my wife Kim makes dinner, which is always amazing. Sometimes we have friends over, sometimes it’s just us. Good food, football, friends, fun, wine … what can go wrong? Actually, more[…] Read On
When a stock has plummeted and looks like a bargain, wise investors know that it might turn out to be a falling knife. For obvious reasons, you don’t want to try to catch it. The “falling knife” metaphor relates to lots of things in life, from trying to “fix” a partner[…] Read On
They say a sucker is born every minute. According to my math, over the course of a lifetime, that formula would account for about 40 million suckers or roughly ten percent of the U.S. population. I don’t know, but that seems a bit light to me. Think about it. Vitamins,[…] Read On
Twelve-hour workday. Feed the dogs. Chicken tacos with black beans and guac (for us, not the dogs). Hornitos margaritas. Marvell’s Agents of Shield and iZombie on TV. Typical Tuesday at the Tobaks. And we are happy campers. In a world full of popular pretentious fanatical phonies — vegans who brag[…] Read On
The obesity crisis has my wife very upset, but I’m not sure why. She’s a nutritional consultant, takes care of herself, and is in great shape. You’d think she’d be happy. Guess not. The reason, I suspect, is that, as more and more companies portray being overweight or even obese[…] Read On
Why aspirations and not resolutions? I don’t want to let anyone down by setting high expectations. The way I figure, if I set the bar low enough, maybe I’ll at least have a shot at some of this stuff. Come on, quit laughing; it was worth a try. Anyway, here[…] Read On
Want to know why the gap between the haves and the have-nots keeps growing? The haves live within their means. They don’t waste their hard-earned money on all the crap that American consumers spend billions, maybe even trillions, on each year. We have an almost insatiable appetite for just about[…] Read On