This year, our family had a truly amazing Thanksgiving. My mom, along with my mother- and father-in-law came to our house for a cozy meal. We had all the traditional fare: a big turkey, stuffing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and gravy, along with some pumpkin pie for dessert. As we were […]
I miss old fashioned commercials that had catchy jingles or memorable taglines. Take Pace Thick and Chunky Salsa ads, for example. Their TV spots typically featured cattle-driving cowboys who invariably ran out of salsa. Some cowpoke would bring out a brand of inferior salsa. The other cowboys would say that they only ate Pace Thick […]
When I was a kid, my buddies and I occasionally did stupid things. My friend, Brad, and I once sled down a hill in the woods with a blanket over our heads. My pal, Greg, once wanted to see how far he could ride his bike with his eyes closed. Both feats ended abruptly with […]
When I get together with estate planning clients, one question that often comes up is “what happens to my assets if my spouse or I have to go into long-term care?” I then explain Medicaid, the government program designed to help pay for our stay in a long-term care facility if we can’t afford it. […]
APPLETON, Wis. – McCarty Law LLP, a top law firm in Northeast Wisconsin, has hired Sadie Dupont as an attorney for its business and corporate law practice. In her role, Dupont will focus primarily on business law matters such as business formations, contract drafting, and mergers and acquisitions. Dupont earned a Juris Doctor degree from […]
Last year, my daughter took several of her college exams remotely due to the pandemic. She took one of her finals at our home in her bedroom. She had an online proctor that supervised her while taking the test and she had to pan her webcam around the room before starting to show that she […]
Marshawn Lynch was an explosive running back who helped the Seattle Seahawks earn its first Super Bowl win in 2014. Nicknamed ‘Beast Mode,’ his rare combination of power and speed caused him to rack up a lot of yards and touchdowns. He attributed some of his prowess to Skittles, the rainbow-colored fruit candy. He could […]
The ‘Rocky’ movies are some of my favorites, and the films probably would be in my Mount Rushmore of movie franchises. ‘Rocky III’ is probably my favorite. One-time opponent Apollo Creed, played by Carl Weathers, decides to train Rocky, portrayed by Sylvester Stallone, after Rocky’s trainer, Burgess Merideth’s Mickey, suddenly passes. During the training montage, […]
Growing up in the ‘70s and ‘80s, a commonly used trope by villains in movies and on TV was hypnotism. The bad guys would pull out a pocket watch and swing it back and forth in front of the face of their intended target. They would then say, “empty your mind, only listen to the […]
A while back, my son and I watched ‘The Raven,’ a thriller starring John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe. In the film, people are murdered in the same fashion as depicted in Poe’s writings. While he’s initially a suspect, Poe is ultimately cleared and then cooperates with the police to find the real killer. Like […]