You hear me talk about how to save money all the time. What you don't hear me giving any lip about is how cash is the end-all-be-all. It ain't, jack ... not by a long shot. But this yahoo in South Carolina didn't see it that way. Two average joes started drinking last week and made a college football bet on the South Carolina-Clemson game. When SC came out ahead 31-28, the boys started disagreeing about the payoff. It ended with one of them getting the bad end of a shotgun to the chest.

Amazing that a football game bet, or money in general, would do something like that. Money is like the password for a speakeasy, baby; you gotta be careful in how you handle it. Not just in a bet (which you should stay away from), but in your marriage, how you raise your kids, how you relate to your parents and siblings, the whole shebang. Dave Ramsey talks about that all the time. When it comes to cash, don't blow your lid.