Book Review: I Will Teach You To Be Rich

I thought that with school behind me that I wouldn't have to write a book review any more. But this book is deserving of recommendation. I decided that now that I have a "real job" I should learn more about what to do with my money. The title makes it sound like those "get rich quick" books that don't really teach you anything, but make you excited to buy the next step in their "building wealth formula." This book has great practical information and action steps to take to get control of your financial situation and then to set up your accounts so that investments and payments are as automatic as you are willing to make them. It's also has explanations on 401Ks and ROTH IRAs that make sense. The author gives illustrative examples and explanations that show why his simple suggestions are better than doing nothing. Most of the stuff in the book isn't new, it's just put together in a concise, easy-to-read format. It is geared more towards the younger crowd, but there's some stuff in there that everyone can benefit from.

Celebrate 100 Years of BSA...

With some gnomes!

Looks like they ran out of good ideas for making money off the centennial celebration. All kidding aside, I'm excited about the anniversary. There's a new handbook, BSA national is going on tour, and a good time to reflect on the past and press on into the future.

Dell Support Rant

Everytime I try to download drivers from Dell's support website, it takes forever and a day for it to load a single page. Click........................Click............................................Click............................. Now I'm to where I want to start. Then more waiting. I don't know if their servers are slow or what the problem is.

Night Frisbee

Last weekend I went camping and had a really good time. The best part was tossing the frisbee around late at night. To up the ante, the frisbee was black. It was fun trying to catch a near invisible disc flying at your head. Naturally there were the occasional collisions between scouts and plastic, but no serious harm came out of it.

Last night at Scouts we held elections for leadership positions. We also looked at some patrol patches for ideas for a new patrol name. Currently they are the Highlanders because we are the Highland ward. Here's the website we looked at. They narrowed it down to Flaming Flying Squirrels, Flaming Marshmallows, Ninjas, Purple Platypus, Duct Tape, and Spicy Tacos. Fun fun. It was good to see them excited. I'm hoping this will give them more of a reason to wear their scout uniforms.

Clay pigeon shooting

A few months back I had a great time with Ron shooting out on the plains of Iowa. He has an awesome over under shotgun. It was my first time shooting at anything that moved. I think I did alright for a first timer. I think I shot around 40 - 50%. The only other shooting I've done is at stationary targets. 22s at Scout Camp, 40 aught 6 at Philmont, and some cool rifles that I don't know with Curt and Cliff.

Eat Well

I think this picture says it all when it comes to my perception of food. Not so much of the cherry pie filling (which is wonderful), but in the concept. I love good food. Especially my Gran's mint brownies. I could eat half a sheet of those.

Scout Camp

I was able to spend the whole week with my boys down in Hoosier National Forest at Camp Maumee. We had lots of fun even though our first day got off to a rough start. I forgot some important papers that we needed to check in so I had to drive back home and pick them up. (2 hour round trip) On top of that, a mile outside of camp, Bro Bixler's tire exploded. So the scouts were stuck for a bit while I went to pick up a tire while I got the papers. Oh, and during my 2 hour trip getting things we had an enormous downpour that flooded some streets in Bloomington. After that terrible first morning, things went really well. We went swimming in the lake, fished, and the boys worked hard on their merit badges. The bishop came to visit and wouldn't stand too near the boys because of the smell. It was good to get back home at the end of the week.