: About Me

Avid reader, blogger and amateur historian! Recently, I've begun getting more and more involved in the world around me, and I find that I have many opinions about various things! I don't always take the popular stance in my writing, but I do like to keep my opinions fact based and relevant.

My passion is ...

Art, history, writing, and my family

I know too much about ...

History

My parents always told me ...

I talk too much

My childhood ambition ...

To be famous for doing something! Very obscure...I know.

My favorite memory ...

The birth of my two wonderful children

Why I write ...

because a computer screen doesn't get bored listening to me go on and on about a particular subject!

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I read a lot of history and modern warfare books. I'm a Former Marine...what would you expect?

My first job ...

Paperboy

My best moment ...

being invited to attend presentations of historical battles by the Officers in my Company even though I was only an NCO. Only two of us were invited to attend the presentations. I was very honored to be chosen.

My inspiration ...

My children. They inspire me to be daring, bold, and unafraid.

Personal Finance > Financial Planning Should you offer financial aid to your children now or let them wait to inherit?

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The answer to whether you should give your children financial aid now, or make them wait to inherit, depends upon the household, the type of financial aid given, and the intended use of that financial aid by the children. As a parent, the financial aid I am most willing and able to provide for my children is in the form of long term savings and investments toward their future. Both of my children have college savings plans that can also be used as individual retirement plans without them having to obtain a separate account in the future. I contribute a monthly amount into these accounts wi...

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