Hockey, Hockey, Hockey...Calling all Puckheads

Hi All,

Calling all puckheads...hockey season is going to start on Saturday, January 19th.  With the following games the over 100 day old strike will end.  This is the schedule for the first day of games.



Pittsburgh at Philadelphia
Ottawa at Winnipeg
Chicago at Los Angeles
NY Ranges at Boston
Toronto at Montreal
New Jersey at NY Islanders
Washington at Tampa Bay
Carolina at Florida
Detroit at St. Louis
Columbus at Nashville
Phoenix at Dallas
Colorado at Minnesota
Anaheim at Vancouver

Click on this link for the NHL VideoCenter and see live video for the games.   For scores, statistics and more click any of these three links:  ESPN and Yahoo! Sports.  For even more current and historical team and player and league hockey statistics, click here (link is from Hockey-Reference.com). 

Lots of hockey fans talk about it a LOT.  No, seriously, a lot!  Click here for link to the 'Top 10 Hockey Blogs' according to HockeyGiant.com. You'll get your fill of inside hockey scoops by visiting any of these sites.

Finally, click on this link from the Hockey News for a 2012-2013 NHL preview.   Enjoy and may the best team win!

Stu

Getting Your Affairs In Order

Hi All,

Welcome to another year and while we are a decent portion of the way through the month of January...the beginning of the year is definitely here!

And the beginning of the year is a great time to get your affairs in order.  There was an interesting article in the New York Times on Friday, January 11th.  The title of the article is 'A Shocking Death, A Financial Lesson and Help For Others.  Click on this link to read the article. 

Basically the article talks about the need for adults to prepared for the untimely death of a spouse or a loved one.  This actually happened to the author and, as a result of the untimely death of her spouse, she created a website called 'Get Your S--- together'.  Click here for the link to the site.

Now while there are many, many websites on the web that purport to help you with various aspects of wills, trusts, estates and financial planning...here are a few of the better, less biased website available. Note that some of these sites might possible charge for the service(s) that they are providing....


Wills
Nolo Press - Online Will
Wall Street Journal - Before Its Too Late - A Test of Online Wills - caveat: done in 2009.
Legacy Writer - Free Online Wills
Bankrate.com - Do-It-Yourself Wills Online


Along the way you might consider creating a trust....Hopefully you won't need these sites, but better safe than sorry.

Regards,
Stu

New Years' Resolutions

Hi All,

Well, its the new year.  2012 has come and gone and we are 2 full days in to the new year.  Wow.  Click here for a perpetual calendar to find out what day of the week a particular date falls on. Time flies when you are busy that's for sure.

So, now that we've seen the ball drop - click here for a YouTube video of the ball dropping in NYC - a lot of people have made resolutions.  Click here for a list of popular resolutions (source is the Guardian - a UK based newspaper). 

How many of them have you made?  Now, how many of them have you made in the past and haven't been able to stick to?

Now, click on this link to find a decidedly 21st century way to stick to those resolutions.  Note the source is from the Huffington Post.  Here is another link that will help readers stock to those resolutions.

So there you have it. A bit of entertainment - a bit of help to get you to stick to your New Years' Eve resolutions - and it wasn't even difficult.

Enjoy - and happy new year.

Stu