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Posted in praxis on Mar 31st, 2008
OOPS! I guess someone in HR forgot to code something so someone in compensation would know to update their files so someone in payroll would drop a few dollars into my account on payday (last Friday).
Thankfully, the amazing person to whom I report confirmed her amazing-ness by getting all over this so with [...]
Posted in case study on Mar 29th, 2008
Sheila is a single mom with three kids. She lives in a the GT area. Her income is solid enough to keep her in reasonably solid financial shape. She does watch every penny though.
Sheila’s bf of 14 months is in a different tax bracket – he earns about $40K more than she does. [...]
Posted in cool guest posts, pleasure of $, praxis on Mar 27th, 2008
Water and money… some questions, some answers! From Raul, Vancouver’s academic-environmentalist-blogger. (thanks, Raul! you got me thinking, that’s for sure)
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First of all, thanks to Nancy for inviting me to guest-blog on issues of money and sustainability. You’d be surprised to find that there are many more linkages than people think about. For [...]
Posted in freebies or nearly on Mar 27th, 2008
Rob Cottingham (thanks, Rob!) just passed along this info from the Tyee:
Two subscriptions, one price — FREE!
Be one of the first 200 Tyee readers to sign up for a FREE subscription* to our e-newsletter (your choice of daily or weekly delivery) and you’ll receive a FREE subscription to Geist, Canada’s most widely read literary magazine.
The [...]
Posted in freebies or nearly on Mar 26th, 2008
What the cbc is failing to deliver , RIP, thankfully Pacific Baroque Orchestra will provide — and free, this Friday.
C’mon down to my ‘hood (aka dtes) and enjoy some Mozart:
In the early eighteenth century, baroque was on its way [...]
Posted in econ 101 on Mar 25th, 2008
I’m feeling a bit doom and gloomy about the economy. One possible bright side is that the people who live and work here in Vancouver, who make it a city and not a ghost town, may yet afford a place here. So take heart, Krystal.
It all has to do with this Asset [...]
Posted in praxis, smart shopping on Mar 24th, 2008
Maggie, usually the dashund girl with the iron stomach, threw up a million times last night, poor thing.
Last time she got sick in the middle of the night (allergic reaction to bug sting) I spent 1am – 4am in pet emerg, and spent $300 only to find out really she just needed an over-the-counter antihistamine [...]
Posted in econ 101 on Mar 21st, 2008
Today is an extremely important day in my faith tradition: Good (or “holy”) Friday.
Frequently, the cruxifixion is viewed through the lens of economics. It goes something like this:
We sinned. A price had to be paid. The price was death. God sent Jesus, his son, to pay the price. Because [...]
Posted in cool guest posts on Mar 20th, 2008
I did my history degree with a group of 13 crazy-bright fellow students. Alas, I was bright, but not crazy-bright so I watch their brilliant careers from afar. One of them, David Fraser, is one of Canada’s top privacy lawyers. He’s a really good guy to boot – I feel better for [...]
Posted in freebies or nearly, fun with money, pleasure of $ on Mar 18th, 2008
Lest anyone think I walk around in sackcloth and ashes after Monday’s post – I assure you, I am not averse to good things in life, and esp. not averse to some rock n’ roll! (but even these won’t compensate for the impending death of cbc radio 2)
Thanks to Bargainista for pointing out 99 [...]
