Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 31st, 2007
Ok, we interupt this progamming for an announcement from our sponsor….
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Posted in fun with money on Aug 31st, 2007
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Posted in cool guest posts on Aug 31st, 2007
One of my favourite Canadian personal finance bloggers has agreed to guest post today on … the September costs of putting your kids in school, even if it’s a public school! I’m betting some of you parents can relate…
I was running low on ideas and asked my wife for a topic for today’s blog […]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2007
1. Not the usual ‘freebie Wednesday’ stuff I do, but this is worth viewing (I went to one of their comedy festivals last spring. It was extremely funny, moving, inspiring.)
Cracking Up is a l ife-affirming documentary about people with mental illness who embark on a quirky quest to become stand up comics. The film follows […]
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Posted in econ 101 on Aug 29th, 2007
It’s not precisely economics, but the news of the day is pretty interesting: a Facebook group takes on HSBC
So apparently HSBC offered graduate students in the UK interest-free lines of credit … then changed their policy, after the students used the loc’s. Whamo - a bunch of grad students are feeling the pain. Students […]
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Posted in praxis on Aug 27th, 2007
Most of us do what we do, in part because we need to practice what we preach. I’m no exception. I deeply desire to be as wise, savvy and strategic as possible with my money. And authentically help others to be so.
For me, part of this means being physically organized.
True confession: […]
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Posted in praxis on Aug 25th, 2007
This isn’t really a case study, but CNN Money. did such a terrific - dare I say, elegant -