As I played some Wii with my coworkers (and lost badly at that tennis game), one of their kids came around the corner. He looked around with large curious eyes, poking at everything. It reminds me of myself as a kid, with everything so new and exciting. Every little thing was a wonder to look at and explore.

In many ways, this is how I've always viewed music.

Two days ago, I had my 24th birthday. Growing up, my parents had never extended me much leeway when it came to my birthday. It was a time when I should reflect over the previous year, and try to set an example for the next year. Over the years, this has kind of sunk in and my birthdays have become more of a non-event that few people even know about.

As we go into 2008, let us recap some of the common mistakes we all make and strive to avoid making them in 2008.

1. Trading too often. This largely depends on the size of your asset base. If you only have $10,000 to invest, making about 50 trades a year at $10 a trade is $500, or 5% of your asset base! That is just about one trade a week, but it takes up 5% of your money.

While we all wish we could be Warren Buffet, the truth is that most investors are best served just parking their money in a mutual fund or ETF. What is the difference between these two types of investment options and which one is for you?

Both mutual funds and ETFs allow the investor to achieve diversification. Each invests in a basket of stocks, so the investor generally does not have to worry that one individual stock will radically alter his or her returns.

Collectors come in all sizes, shapes and ages, range from the wealthiest to the most humble, the obsessive to the most casual, and gather anything from the obvious to the odd. In short, if it exists, someone will collect it, and usually proudly display it.

To know the real secret about collecting is quite easy and simple -- that it really should only be for the fun and interest it affords you.

For some people, choosing a name for their dog is almost as important as choosing a name for their child. While you can technically change the name of the dog whenever you want, we all know that we are very reluctant to once the name sticks. So it is always best to choose a great name for your dog from the start.

There are many routes one can go with choosing a dog name.

In the early 1970s, a unique style of dance evolved among youth on the streets of the Bronx. Street corner DJ's began stringing together the "breaks" off of dance records. A break is the part of a track void of vocals or baselines; it's the part where nothing is heard except for percussion. These "breaks" are the ideal medium for expressive, freestyle dancing that is now known as "break dancing" or "breaking".

With growing gas costs, it is no wonder that more drivers are interested in getting good gas mileage out of their cars. There are several ways to go about getting solid gas mileage from your motor vehicle. You can buy a car with good gas mileage in the first place, or you can get better gas mileage from your car by driving it in a manner that is fuel efficient.

Sometime around July last year, not long after WM Media was started, I started performing a little experiment. "How long would it take to get a website up to a pagerank of 5?" I wondered. To answer that question, I created a rare and famous stamps website.

Growing up, I had some interest in collecting stamps, so there is some familiarity with this topic.

A book could be written to describe all the reasons why married couples get divorced. I want to highlight a few of the major components behind marital divorce. It is important not to be tricked into thinking that couples just wake up one day and decide to divorce each other.

Most often, divorce is just the icing on a cake that has been in the oven for months, or even years.