I have recently discovered Yoga . . .

My wife had tried some yoga a couple of weeks ago, and like many guys, I was like "whatever". I finally spent some time, over the last month, reading one of her magazines, Yoga Journal. We began about 2 weeks ago just trying some of the poses (about 5-10 minutes a night). This past Saturday, I went to my first official Yoga class (vinyasana), which was 60 minutes of moving from pose to pose, holding each one for between 3 and 7 breaths. This was a very tiring workount and I was really perspiring at the end. I do have to say I was stiff the rest of that day and the next day, but I can tell you on Wednesday, that my back hasn't felt this good in years! We are now doing 15-20 minutes every day, usually before going to sleep. I have had good restful sleeps in the last few nights since doing this!

One of Bob's passions . . .

I have been involved with greyhound rescue for a number of years. I have owned three of these wonderful animals, including currently a 6 year old female named Charm (here she is next to one of our 3 cats!). She is a 40 mph couch potato!

The organization I have worked with rescues retired racing greyhounds when their owners no longer need them to race and plan to euthanize them. This, like other rescue organizations get involved to make sure this doesn't happen to as many dogs as possible. The organization I work with is called Greyheart. 

Share some of my favorite websites for things . . .

Here are some good websites for learning about financial matters. This could be for personal finance or items having to do with investments. Both are different but good places to start.

Yahoo! Finance

CNBC cable channel

A good starting point for someone who doesn't know a lot about finance, but is willing to put forth the effort to learn about it, is Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. This magazine is a monthly publication that is very easy to read and understand and addressed different issues every month from emergency savings, to buying vs. leasing a car, to buying the first house, to insurance, estate and retirement planning and many other items important to putting together a personal financial plan.

Welcome to my blog!

This is kind of strange since I started a blog about 2 years ago, got busy, never kept up with it and eventually just dropped it.  Well, time to fix that!  I will be making a concerted effort to post regularly so for those who happen upon this site, find some things of value.

Some subjects I will be talking about in this blog:

1. Finance, business, etc.  (my educational background is in finance, management, and international business)

2. Apple (I am a recent convert to the MacBook Pro, with the Intel processors - awesome)

3. Exercise and staying healthy (I work out a lot; I am a certified Spinning instructor, I run and bike, and just recently started doing yoga)

4. Traveling (my favorite thing to do when I have free time and extra money)

5. Other items (recently, December 22, 2007, I became a vegetarian)