Monthly Archives: March 2011

Sort of a review of Lost and Found

The publisher of Lost and Found contacted me asking if I wanted a review copy of Geneen Roth's new book Lost and Found – Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money. I really was quite excited as nobody has ever asked ME (Wow, really? Little old me?) to review a book before. ...

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Can’t retire early because of health care? Really?

In the reader story I had over at Get Rich Slowly a few months ago, a number of people said basically: "I'd love to retire early, but I can't. I'd have to pay for my health care out of pocket and that's not possible. You Canadians can do stuff like that but you have ...

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Reaching a new low and the magic “necessities” number

Sometimes there's an inverse relationship between how much you spend and how much fun you have. Sometimes there's a direct relationship between how little you spend and how cold it is. We didn't go downhill skiing over the February long weekend because it was too cold.  I was really looking forward to spending that money damnit.  On ...

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Is a change as good as a rest?

Remember when you were a kid in school and it was time for summer vacation? Teachers didn't expect to get a lot of work done in that time. Mostly because the kids weren't terribly focused. And that's a bit how I feel now with my job coming to an end in a ...

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