About

Who are you?

I am a late-twentysomething guy living in beautiful St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador on Canada’s east coast with my equally beautiful wife. I am a lawyer, a tech geek, a foodie, a policy wonk, a gearhead, and a wannabe writer. I’m also admittedly narcissistic, mildly sarcastic, and find myself endlessly entertaining. If you find me even half as enjoyable as I do, you’re going to love this site.

Who are you really? Why are you hiding behind a pseudonym?

I’m not actively pursuing anonymity, or at least not particularly well. There’s enough information on this site for anyone who knows me to piece together my identity. I keep my real name private so that when employers and bounty hunters Google my name they’ll continue to get random pages about indie Los Angeles musicians, show jumpers, and junior hockey players rather than my inane diatribes. It’s more fun that way.

Where’d you come up with a name like Money Grubbing Lawyer?

I had a particularly difficult client with a bad, bad case. I warned him that we were going to lose, and we did (told you so!). When I handed him my bill, he called me a “money grubbing lawyer” (expletives removed) and threw a stapler at me. The stapler missed, but the name stuck. I think it’s kind of catchy.

So what’s this blog about?

For too long, my ambition in life was to make buckets (yes, buckets!) of money and surround myself with pretty, fast, and/or nice smelling things. It wasn’t particularly fulfilling and turned me into a person I didn’t really like. This blog chronicles my journey away from all that. No, I’m not growing a beard and joining some hippie commune, but I am focusing on moving away from just selling my time for money to the highest bidder and moving towards earning smarter, investing smarter, and living smarter. Basically, I write all about how I make, save and invest my money, and all the silly things I find blow it on, from gadgets to cars to food. Consider this blog to be one part sage advice, one part lunatical ranting, and one part after school special.

That sounds pretty broad. Don’t you know the first rule of successful blogging is to carve out a very specific niche?

Yeah, well the first rule of fight club is that you do not talk about fight club, yet here we are talking about fight club. Honestly, I’m much too ADD to focus on a single topic for more than a few days. Wanna ride bikes?

I can’t tell if you’re trying to be funny, sarcastic, or if you’re just being an idiot.

Chances are it’s all three. I’ll be the first to admit that my sense of humour is a tad unique, so if something just doesn’t make sense you can safely assume that it’s either an obscure pop culture reference or a failed attempt at making you laugh. Or both.

I’ve got more questions. How can I contact you?

You can send all questions, comments, musings, criticisms, vulgarities, complaints, and fatwas to mgl@moneygrubbinglawyer.com.