Despite the title this post doesn’t contain any advice. I could actually probably use some advice in that category. Instead, I will discuss something far more meaningless.

Have you ever seen those commercials for various mutual funds, bonds, and brokerage firms that all say “you tell us your dreams, we’ll make sure they happen” or something to that effect? They seem to becoming more and more popular these days, probably because pensions are long gone and there are all kinds of Baby Boomers getting ready to retire. And they can make a lot of money on them.

I’ve always felt like calling them up and just saying strange things, like “I’ve always wanted to get into falconry,” or perhaps something like “I’d like to ride a tame T-Rex around San Francisco.” I mean, those are a couple of my dreams. They’d be lucky I didn’t ask about the ones involving Scarlett Johansson.

I wonder if they’d hang up on me or still try to sell me on their product.