On December 20th, 2019, former President Donald Trump signed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, which included the SECURE (Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement) Act of 2019. SECURE 2019 made changes that applied to retirement savings and employee benefits. Prior to SECURE, when individuals reached age 70.5, they were required to begin taking annual distributions (starting roughly at 5%…read more →
Since it is now Springtime and baseball season has commenced, I will quote the great Yogi Berra. If you are planning on sending your child(ren) to summer camp this year, “it’s getting late, early!” Summer Camps have been around for over 100 years! I have fond memories of growing up in Rockaway and loving the beach in the summer. We had a Belle…read more →
It was a much-needed 3 weeks off to disconnect and see Antarctica, the 7th of 7 continents that I had visited. Did you miss me? This was a once-in-a-lifetime trip! The reason I chose this title is that we were on these small rubber Zodiac boats (originally made for the military) and it was a scramble to take photos. Upon…read more →
About 53% of Americans had planned to celebrate Valentine’s Day in 2022! According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), sales for Valentine’s Day this year are expected to be over $23.9 Billion, an increase of over $3.2 Billion from last year. The average person is planning on spending $175 on candy, cards, and gifts. Believe it or not, $763 million…read more →
We are certainly living in unique times of record-setting weather-related climate-change catastrophes. Currently, we are close to setting the record for the latest snowfall in New York City history! I saw an example of this firsthand back in January 2020 when I visited Australia. Before diving in Cairns, the guide showed us pictures of the Great Barrier Reef coral sea…read more →
We are in mid-January, still the time for New Year’s resolutions which are often health and fitness oriented. Common resolutions are going to the gym X times per week and/or eating better. My resolution is to drink more water, so I fill up 6 cups of water 24 ounces each in the morning and see how close I can get…read more →
Television has been around for a long time! Kids today get a chuckle when they see the bulky old-school TVs with 2 antennas known as “rabbit ears,” and black and white TV. Electronic television was first demonstrated by American Philo Farnsworth, known as “The Father of Television,” in San Francisco on September 7th, 1927. The 21-year-old inventor lived in a…read more →
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