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Posted in philosophy of $, praxis on Jul 29th, 2009
Photo Credit: Isaac Valle
“How,” I wondered, “is it possible that this lovely, sophisticated, smart summer student actually goes .. goes .. Fishing?” An expression of horror registered on my face, and said student asked about it.
“How can you kill a fish?” I stammered. She burst out laughing and replied, “It’s a fish, Nancy! A fish!”.
“Yes,” [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 25th, 2009
After seven years of home ownership, I feel rather weird renting. I’m renting an apartment with good “bones” from my mom, so at least it’s in the family, but still, I face a dilemma:
To really make feel like my kinda home, I would:
put in laminate flooring
replace the kitchen lights with something more contemporary
put in new [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2009
Air Canada, Bell Mobility and Starbucks. I have good things to say about all of them.
Air Canada – a steal deal
If you love to travel and aren’t aware of Air Canada’s Flight Pass options, they’re quite a deal. For example, I bought four one-way passes for $600. The terms of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009
Apparently the Edmonton Airport has been charging us northerners for their Airport Improvement Fee. When we purchase airline tickets that route us through Edmonton (as the vast majority do), our tickets are automatically billed $15 if “it appears” that we are making Edmonton our final destination. The only way to get the fifteen bucks back [...]
Posted in econ 101, feminism, philosophy of $ on Jul 12th, 2009
Photo Credit: wpwend42 Creative Commons.
Mostly when I was a kid, I was doing what kids do – piano lessons, school, learning to skate, reading, discovering boys, makeup and Farah Fawcett.
But in the background there were certain events that shaped my subconscious sense of the world:
A continuous, vague terror that the world would be blown [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 7th, 2009
Credit: ASBOJesus
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 6th, 2009
Guest post by Tara Dobbs
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Photo Credit: Tanais
In the age of Home Depot and Mike Holmes, more and more of us are feeling empowered to tackle home improvement projects by ourselves.
And why not?
Doing these projects yourself can save a boat load of money, not to mention the satisfaction you feel in telling your friends that, yes, [...]
Posted in case study on Jul 4th, 2009
Photo Credit: flattop341
Sometimes people really are broke.
Not the I can’t take the holiday I want this year broke, but the world is closing in on me, and I’m going down broke.
Tell-tale signs of the real deal include
inability to pay bills on time, over an extended period
chronically “robbing peter to pay paul” (ie. using money intended [...]
Posted in cool guest posts, philosophy of $, smart shopping on Jul 2nd, 2009
If I took my conscience shopping everywhere, I suspect I’d stop shopping.
I had two facebook interchanges on the topic this week, one of which also reminded me of a Lululemon issue.
Here are the discussions. What do you think?
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1. To Foie Gras, or not to Foie Gras
Facebook: 28 June 12:47.
Christopher Flett is a business coach [...]
