It’s election time in Alberta. Yay? You are forgiven for thinking election time is perpetual these days, what with the non-stop campaigning that goes on. There’s seemingly no end to the pep rallies, town halls, leadership contests, policy announcements, billboards, radio spots, and television commercials. And don’t get me started on the social media memes. […]
The Craziness of Automobile Financing
Hard to believe, but it’s been ten years since the great financial crisis. Sorry, The Great Financial Crisis! You know. The one where excessive consumer debt, particularly in the form of subprime mortgages that were repackaged as investment grade debt instruments and peddled to the very same public, led to the near-catastrophic failure of the […]
Slow Mo Reno – Contracting a Sticker Shock
There are two groups of people in Calgary; those that work in the oil industry and those that renovate their homes. Sure, there are thousands of others who work in service industries and the civil service, but in two years’ time when the NDP is obliterated in the provincial election and the “new” conservatives dial […]
I Suck At Spending Money
I have a problem. Oh hush, you! I’m well aware my problems number in the plural, but today I wish to speak of a specific problem that renders me a disappointment in the eyes of my fellow citizens. In fact, the greater Western society might even label me a traitor. The overlords of our governmental […]
Shedding A Tear For The Rich
I am about to do something generally frowned upon in our status obsessed society. Something only welcome at the most exclusive Hamptons endangered animal dinner parties, Manhattan booze and call girl infused office meetings, or Beverly Hills luxury car and private jet transported anti-pipeline fundraisers. I’m going to shed a tear for the rich. Rather […]
My Bank Won’t Take Their Money Back
Psst. Come here. Ya, over here. I wanna talk to you about something. Just keep it down, alright? It’s a little sensitive so I don’t want others to hear this. It just … well, it can make people uncomfortable, ya know? Hell, I’m uncomfortable talking about it. But I gotta tell somebody. I have no […]