Brad’s Blogs and Retirement Planning News

Three Ways to Lose Friends

Right after I graduated from college in 1974, Paul Simon had a hit song entitled “50 Ways to Leave Your...

Answering Stupid Questions

Coaches hate sportswriters who don’t do their homework and don’t know if a baseball is made from a horsehide, a...

Tin Foil, Skillets and Pecans

A few years ago, after Susan and I first met, we were getting ready to grill some steaks on the...

Family Secrets

Every family has them. Often in the South, we dress them up and display them on the front porch for...

Amnesia

Most people forget that there is something good about having amnesia. You can hide and hunt your own Easter eggs....

FOMO

It’s as common as breathing; people are so afraid of missing out that they finally admit they are suffering from...

Second Chances

Coaches at any level from T-ball to the NFL have to make decisions. Tough decisions which aren’t as simple as...

And the Winner Is

Last night, my wife insisted on watching the Academy Awards on TV. On my rating scale, it lies somewhere between...

Paper Boy

It was in the mid-sixties when I volunteered to serve as the “substitute” paper boy in Leighton delivering the Tri-Cities...

Impatience

It happened like it has happened hundreds of times. Sitting at a red light and it turns green. The clown behind...