From the monthly archives:

December 2008

The holiday season is upon us and you’ve probably noticed already that MGL will be taking a little break from the blogging world to spend time with friends and family IRL. My regular posting will resume early in 2009. To tide you over until that time, I’ve compiled my selection of top songs, readings, and [...]

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In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that donating securities to a charity can offer some attractive tax benefits. A reader wrote and asked me a few questions about this, and my long winded response quickly began to look like a nice blog posting for anyone else who may be interested in this topic.
In Canada, donations to [...]

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The holiday season is a time of year when many of us turn our minds to charitable giving. For some, it is motivated by altruism and holiday spirit; for others, it is motivated by the cold hand of tax planning and the realization that we’ve being living the past 11 months like Ebenezer Scrooge.
Whatever your [...]

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Quick- name three “recession proof” industries.
If you’re like me, you probably thought about those industries with inelastic demand and solid business models- big tobacco, health care, and other sectors that people just won’t cut out of their monthly budgets. But would you have guessed that sex toys might fall in this category as well?
Anthony Germain, [...]

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This is a variant of a recipe that I caught briefly on The Food Network. I can’t recall the show or the exact recipe, but my interpretation of it worked fantastic. It’s not overly difficult to make, but looks impressive and tastes even better.

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