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I witnessed a mini-scandal recently when a recently-divorced 34 year old colleague brought his new 23 year old girlfriend to an event. He thought it was fine- they were both adults and she had just graduated from university. Others disagreed, arguing that it was a clear violation of the undisputed rule of inter-age dating, the [...]
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It’s fortunate that I had the good sense to marry an engineer. If I hadn’t, I would almost certainly be broke, homeless, and unable to calculate a bending moment. Perhaps her greatest contribution to my life has been her religious insistence on seeing a full budget prior to my starting any major renovation project. She’s [...]
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I’m well accustomed to bureaucratic doublespeak- competencies, synergies, stakeholders, and so forth. It’s almost comforting to hear this nonsense coming from our officials. If a government worker actually responded to a question in a coherent manner I’d assume that he or she was either on the take or about to go nuts with a deer [...]
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This is the time of year when we start to see full blitz media campaigns from banks and financial planners urging Canadians to contribute to their registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs). Unfortunately, they don’t tend to do a great job of explaining what RRSPs are or why you should consider them, beyond veiled references to [...]
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Imagine you’re at a dinner party with friends- the classy kind, with cloth napkins and wine from bottles. Glass bottles, with corks. Conversation is flowing and people are enjoying themselves, when an awkward silence descends upon the room. A taboo subject has been broached, and your companions squirm uncomfortably in their seats. Someone takes an [...]
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