With no shortage of irony considering the disdain many Albertans hold towards the evil, biased, mainstream media, Liberal lapdog CBC, our national broadcaster is once again letting the rest of Canada know just how disappointed we are with them. Miffed, even. The first time the CBC illuminated this simmering angst came in February when […]
2016 Resolutions – Q3 Report
I am now marking the three-quarter milestone on my 2016 Resolution journey and already looking forward to not doing this again next year. Promises are a LOT easier to break or forget about completely when you haven’t written them down and shared them with the world. Or so I would imagine based on my personal […]
2016 Resolutions – Q2 Report
We have reached the midway point of the year 2016 and all I have to say about that is holy crapdoodle. It seems so unfair that once we finally reach adulthood, the glory land of our childhood desires, that time decides to put the hammer down and rush through this phase as quickly as possible. […]
2016 Resolutions – Q1 Report
There was a time when the adage “time flies when you’re having fun” seemed valid commentary on the circumstances of life. Now, at 44, it wholly needs to be adjusted to accommodate the fact that time flies simply by my being awake. On the bright side, this does mean far fewer moments of life wasted […]
Resolution 3 – That Bit About Grocery Bills
3 I will cut our monthly grocery budget in half by the end of the year. Recently I had a humbling experience whilst boasting about the wonders of my cash back Visa card. I’m a vocal proponent of cash back credit cards and strongly recommend them to anyone with the financial restraint to […]
Another Year, Another Bunch of Dollars
Everybody loves free money. Sorry Raymond. It’s why lotteries, gambling, and robbery remain so popular, not to mention debt, tax refunds, and other wildly mistaken interpretations of “free”. Being rather risk averse myself, and frugal at a near pre-awakening Scrooge level, I favour less lucrative but more assured methods of obtaining free money. Like cash […]