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I've been a home-based PR consultant for nearly 30 years -- now mostly for small medical device companies -- after a spectacularly undistinguished career in TV news. I live in Bremerton, Washington, where I still referee soccer, sing barbershop, perform in local theater, pump a little iron and deliver for Meals on Wheels.
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I absolutely love free hotel breakfast. Bacon and eggs, a real treat that I would never make for myself at home, a low-carb breakfast for this type one diabetic, and bacon the way I used to eat it as a kid, piled high as a special treat. It's a chance for my wife and I to eat breakfast together, which we almost never do at home. I just hope they don't have Fox News or CNN blaring on the breakfast room TV. Spoils my appetite.
Post: Free Breakfast
Link to comment from September 10, 2026
That's a really great point. I always leave cash tips for the room maids, but I hadn't considered doing so for the breakfast staff. How do you do it when there's no tip jar on display? Do you just slip it to one of the service folks and hope they share it?
Post: Free Breakfast
Link to comment from September 10, 2026
I now feel inadequate with my 65 inch screen. Time to go shopping.
Post: FIFA Financials
Link to comment from July 21, 2026
Dennis, lovely article as always. But I think there’s one more lesson you ought to add to your list. Pause and appreciate. Whatever achievements and good fortune come your way, do not forget to stop and savor them. Life is transitory. On your way to the future, remember to cherish the moment.
Post: Lessons on the Ground
Link to comment from July 18, 2026
It strikes me that in all those financial conversations, he never asked her if she was happy, and she never spoke up. This wasn’t just a failure inrisk assessment. It was a failure in communication. They are both fortunate the marriage survived.
Post: Risk Adjusted: The Family Ledger
Link to comment from June 18, 2026
I had a camper van for 15 years and compiled some great memories, but never really got full use out of it. My wife and I enjoyed it for a few days at a time, maybe a week, but not longer than that. We covered the entire West Coast in it, but never ranged farther than that. When it was time to visit Yellowstone or the Midwest, we flew.
Post: Retirement Toys
Link to comment from May 5, 2026
My reaction as well.
Post: The reality of Social Security and Medicare- My real life experience.
Link to comment from May 5, 2026
I’m not fully retired yet, but I already know there will be zero toys. I am not at all a toy guy. My splurges, should circumstances allow, will be on travel, like our New Zealand trip a couple of months ago. But that little contraption sounds like an absolute blast! Mini-Moke. Hmmm…..
Post: Retirement Toys
Link to comment from May 4, 2026
I’ve always felt optimism is a natural gift, Dan. My divorce was pure betrayal, and my health issues were supposed to end my life, yet somehow I never got really down or discouraged. I can’t take any credit for that. I think I was just born with the bone in my head that makes me think everything‘s gonna turn out OK in the end. Sounds like you have it too.
Post: Around the Obstacles
Link to comment from April 25, 2026
That’s a massive consideration.
Post: How it all pencils out–or at least, we hope so! (Our Big “Little” Move, Part 3)
Link to comment from April 24, 2026