Can y'all keep a secret?

Just got back from a fun, long weekend in the Carolinas. Can y'all keep a secret? Reading a how-to book about changing the way you manage your money WHILST ON VACATION is H-A-A-A-RD, y'all! Especially when there's no internet access.

Don't get me wrong, I had a lovely time with friends and family in Charlotte and Charleston, especially upon hearing Pittsburgh got snow this weekend. We toured the beaches at Isle of Palms, the bars and restaurants of Sullivan's Island and Charleston and the historic homes, churches and graveyards of Charleston. Also did a little geocaching and picture-taking. I'm posting a few shots here.

But on flights from Pittsburgh to Newark, the delay in Newark when Continental wouldn't let us board our flight to Charlotte that was still stalled at the gate and already had our bags (Thanks Continental! You're awesome.), the flight 3 hours later to Charlotte and then the flights home to Cleveland and Pittsburgh Sunday night, I read a lot of great ideas that I couldn't act upon. For those of us who suffer from analysis paralysis, it's a slippery slope.

I'm halfway through Suze Orman's Women and Money. Suze has inserted tips on these pages (noted with a pyramid) to check her website resources center for more info. She's done this for everything from figuring how much $ you save now will become a little and a lot more in 5, 10 and 20 years to calculating your FICO score. My what?

I plan to reread sections this week so my economic stimulus will be acted upon. I was just about to get into stocks and the diversification principle when my Continental Connection (30-seater if that) bounced down on the final runway 2 hours ago.

To break up the serious stuff, I also paged through the 3/24/08 Newsweek issue and found the article on Max Levchin very interesting. He's one of the minds behind PayPal. There's a shot of this guy with 2 dogs. To boot, the article mentions a fancy investing term, IPO. Check him out. Sphere: Related Content