It seems like yesterday that I announced the birth of my daughter, Catherine. In less than two weeks, she’ll be turning one year old. I’ve given a bit of thought as to what would be nice for her first birthday. First of all, I booked the day off. I’ve never booked a day off for …
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Last week I visited a Target in Canada for the first time. These are my general impressions. The store was impeccably clean and beautifully laid out. (Of course; they just opened it.) At the end of every few aisles was a little “help station” with a store map, price checker, and phone line for asking …
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I recently stayed at the Sheraton Centre Toronto. I got a room for a low price on Priceline to stay over for a one night break mid-week. To help you avoid the same mistake, I’ve prepared a brief set of criticisms. Last year I did a review of the Marriott Bloor Yorkville; I’d recommend the Marriott over the …
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As of last Friday, my mortgage balance stood at about $98,700. My mortgage repayment plan is to be debt-free by age 30. My mortgage’s terms let me pay a lump sum on any regular payment date (so long as the lump sum payments don’t exceed 25% of the original mortgage value per year). This is the …
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Arrested Development was my favourite comedy series of all time — I watched every episode as it aired until its cancellation in 2006 and it’s the only show I own on DVD. It may actually be my favourite show, period. If I had to retroactively choose between watching AD and any series I can think …
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I have a long commute. The most direct route is about 70 kilometers. Without traffic, it would take an hour by car. Because of extremely bad traffic, driving would almost always take a lot longer than that; gas and parking would make it an incredibly expensive proposition. So I’ve instead opted for public transit — …
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Thanks all for your readership, loyalty, and support. I’m now a quarter century + 1, a.k.a. super old. //Little Caesars Coupon// And here’s the only gift I can give Readers to mark this auspicious occasion. Well, all of you who are Canadian and who happen to enjoy Little Caesars. It’s a $1.99 Crazy Bread + …
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My good friend Nelson, blogger at Financial Uproar, published a post about his favourite money songs last October. His list was 19 songs long. That’s a number I couldn’t hope to approach whilst keeping my list somewhat original. And I don’t want to crash your browsers with 19 embedded YouTube videos. #5: Money (That’s What I …
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I watched a documentary last weekend about the world’s biggest bit torrent search engine, The Pirate Bay, called TPB AFK. Here’s a link to the NSFW movie on YouTube. During the film, one of TPB’s co-founders talks about a different project: Flattr, a social micropayments website. A user of Flattr first loads an amount onto …
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Last week Boomer and Echo shared a great post about preventing identity fraud. Be sure to check it out and read the tips. One anti-fraud tactic that I use — a locking mailbox — was missing. Growing up, I lived in a cookie cutter middle class suburban home with a so-called Super Mailbox. Now I live …
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