This is a story by someone who is close to me, and is about how fortune, easily gained, can also be easily lost. From Riches To Rags… This is a story about an aunt and her husband who lived a very humble life. The story starts out when she ran away from home and eloped [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Today is Weekend Reading, camping edition! Hopefully the weather will be nice here on the east coast before a hurricane heading straight our way arrives! New York City will get 100 m.p.h winds on Sunday (forecast as of the time of this writing), which is pretty nuts… Here are the posts of the week: Rest [...]
11 Comments Kevin on Aug 27th 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous
Rest in Peace, Mr. Layton
On Monday morning, I was shocked to hear that Jack Layton, leader of the NDP party of Canada, had died of prostate cancer. His own father had battled the same cancer earlier on in his own life. I remember how he has been part of Canada’s electoral debates for a long time, along with Stephen [...]
9 Comments Kevin on Aug 26th 2011
I recently wrote a blog post on the Yakezie about my trip to Ethiopia, a beautiful and fascinating country located in the horn of Africa. I talk about the lessons I have learned, and how we are all blessed. Here is an excerpt: “I recently had the good opportunity to travel to Ethiopia, a beautiful and fascinating country [...]
8 Comments Kevin on Aug 24th 2011
So, what’s going on with the price of gold again? It is $1830 as I write this… and depending on who you talk to, gold is either in a huge bubble (which the same people have been saying since it broke $1000) or it is drastically underpriced (which another group of people have been saying [...]
9 Comments Kevin on Aug 20th 2011
Filed under Saving Your Money
How Canadians Can Avoid Getting Ripped off by Paypal Foreign Exchange Fees
For Canadians, getting US money out of PayPal can sometimes be an expensive hassle. You likely already paid fees of 3% to 4% when you received payment from another party. Now, not only do you need to eat the cost of converting to a stronger Canadian dollar, but you also have to pay an additional [...]
3 Comments Kevin on Aug 19th 2011
Filed under Miscellaneous,News,Opinion
My Top 7 Posts
I was nominated by Everyday Tips and Thoughts to participate in the “7 links project”. What is the 7 links project about? There are seven categories, and we need to answer with a post for each category. You’ll see it all just down below… I hope you enjoy the articles and my answers. Your most beautiful [...]
16 Comments Kevin on Aug 15th 2011
Today marks a week since I returned from my trip to Ethiopia, a land of beauty and contrasts. I was there for two weeks, which isn’t a long time in this world, but was long enough for me to see new things and embrace new experiences. Recent posts I write more about my experiences in [...]
17 Comments Kevin on Aug 14th 2011
