Money matters

Published 8:31 pm Monday, May 4, 2015

Keeping it simple: Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary recommends a new book by a guy who advocates financial plans so simple they can be written on a cocktail napkin.

It all depends on which cocktail napkin. A plan written on the first napkin of the evening will advise living within your means, saving for retirement, etc. A plan written on the fifth napkin, on the other hand, will consist of stock tips from somebody’s brother-in-law.

Drop and give me 20: Fitness fads come and go, but the old standbys — squats, push-ups and the like — remain the best way to stay fit, trainers say.

Yeah, but “New Fitness Miracle: The Exercises You Hated in High School P.E. Class” sounds like the most dismal late-night infomercial ever made.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1934, the very first “Three Stooges” short was released.

Within a few days, parents across America were dealing with a wave of eye-pokes, nose-honks and head-conks, with annoying kid brothers the usual recipients.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff