They seem to come from an assembly line: The Fat 7 year old boy and his younger fat 5 year old brother or sister. Fat dad and skinny, passive mom. They're everywhere. You'll find them at breakfast. The fat 7 year old will be spazzing around as his mom is trying to get him to finish his breakfast Coca Cola. You'll find them trying to cut in line at the rides.  You'll find them throwing tantrums in food lines.  You'll find them tapping the glass at the "do not ...

There are a lot of guides out there about going to Disney World on a small budget. We've explored how maximize ones Orlando Florida experience on the cheap in the past. There's camping, there's time-shares, there's low cost hotels. But what about at the high end? If you put in the bucks, how well does Disney scale up? Based on recent Disney commercials, the implication is that Disney can also serve as a pretty impressive upscale destination if you want to put in the dollars. So this time a...

When I was 23, I could work 80 hours a week for years on end. Now I'm 33 and I can definitely feel the hours wearing.  In March, according to my daily planner, I worked 256 hours. There were 23 official work days in March so that comes out to about 11 hours per day.  Of course, I don't usually work 11 hours per day. Instead, I work more days per week (typically 6 days per week). But still, working 55 to 60 hours per week over the course of months and months will wear a person down a...