Archive for the 'Family & Friends' Category

I’m writing this blog post as a letter to many of my closest friends. These are some of the people who are most important to me. I hope they read it.
Many of my friends play games on Facebook. Being a web developer, I took an early interest in these things and delved into the behind-the-scenes [...]

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I’m betting that most non-financial minded Canadians are still not aware of a great new option that the Canadian government has now made available to Canadians. The Tax Free Savings Account or TFSA is something that every Canadian 18 and older should open, the sooner the better.
The TFSA, similar to the American ROTH, allows you [...]

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Each year, my family puts up the Christmas Village at my parents’ house. This Department 56 collection has grown year after year and it is now an event several hours long to get it all out of the crawl space and set it all up. Despite the inevitable debates about who’s in charge of the [...]

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Whenever I express my horror at government actions or policies that infringe on people’s rights, nearly ALL of my friends and family respond with “I’m not concerned, I have nothing to hide!”. I always have a hard time explaining why this argument isn’t valid. If you don’t value your privacy and if you don’t understand [...]

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