It’s almost June, and it finally is starting to feel like summer this week. Last week, we had a company BBQ but the weather was very wet and it was cold enough to freeze our hands and see our breath. Since the week started, the weather has been nice and warm, and that is less [...]
Archive for May, 2011
12 Comments Kevin on May 31st 2011
The following is a guest post by Debt Consolidation Care. A study conducted by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling in 2011 reveals the fact that the Americans have started spending more even if they’ve not yet fully recovered from the economic recession. In the survey, about two-thirds of people have confessed that they’re tired [...]
17 Comments Guest on May 29th 2011
Filed under Saving Your Money
Are You a Coupon… Addict?
Does anyone remember when the grocery store would send out flyers full of coupons for you to clip out and bring with you to the store? I remember those times, when one would look through different flyers to find the best deals, and physically clipping them out with scissors to bring with them to give [...]
24 Comments Kevin on May 27th 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous,Saving Your Money
Moving Out? Don’t Throw That Old Furniture Away! Find a New Home for It with Kijiji
Until a couple of months ago we were living at an apartment where we had quite a variety of furniture; I had some hand-me-downs as well as a lot of furniture from Ikea that had already been moved around a couple of times and was already a little beaten up; my girlfriend had a bedroom [...]
51 Comments Kevin on May 24th 2011
Power & sex sometimes get mixed up with each other, leading to sexual indiscretions. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently accused of sexual assault, knows this all too well. As a member of the French Socialist Party, perhaps he was taking “from each according to their ability; to each according to their needs” just a little bit too [...]
19 Comments Kevin on May 20th 2011
Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis and ensuing recession, I’ve developed a growing interest in economics and politics. Before then, I didn’t really feel like anything made sense to me. I would identify with many liberal values; to me, wanting to help the poor and give underprivileged people better opportunities is a noble thing [...]
36 Comments Kevin on May 16th 2011
Those of us lucky enough to live in the wealthy western countries enjoy an unparalleled amount of freedom compared with some other places around the world. I think we could use some more since there are a lot of things going on in the western countries that come across as unfair and against freedom, but [...]
31 Comments Kevin on May 13th 2011
Filed under Growing Your Wealth,Healthy Living,Miscellaneous,Opinion,Philosophy
Future Imperfect: How to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
Sometimes I look back on the changes of the first half of the 20th century, and I try to put myself in the shoes of someone growing up in that time and imagine what it must have been like to experience life in that period. I think back to 100 years ago, which is really [...]
36 Comments Kevin on May 9th 2011
Talk about a lot of events that have happened recently! Osama Bin Laden was killed by a group of Navy SEALs, Canada’s Conservative party won a majority mandate, and gold, silver, and oil have crashed hard, bringing the Canadian dollar down with them. It looks like the long awaited correction (for some) is finally happening. [...]
10 Comments Kevin on May 6th 2011
