This post was originally posted as Cheaper Day Alternatives last year, but I found it doing some clean up on my site and it still made me laugh, so here it is again for a ... (more)

Random Thoughts It is Friday again, and it has been yet another interesting week financially in this world. There is now serious talk of Gasoline going for $200 a barrel, which would mean it’s price in Ottawa ... (more)

No that is not my pet name for the guy who stuffs my super mailbox, however, I do get some very interesting e-mails and 1 yesterday I felt I had to make a comment on. Art ... (more)

The Canadian Government is a mega-business in terms of size and jurisdiction, and to keep this monster organization in line there is the Office of the Auditor General. Yesterday the Office of the Auditor General ... (more)

Our friends in Stats Canada put out yet another interesting article yesterday comparing the income of Canadians and specifically Canadian families. Being a member of a Canadian family as usual I find the numbers fascinating ... (more)

The topic of what my household spends money on has been discussed before, but here is as a percentage of my entire expenditures, what my family spent it’s money on last month (April 2008) Tax 25.24% Recreation ... (more)

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. Proverbs 13:1 Don’t remember this in the bible, but it is a very good thought. Our society seems bent on quick gain tactics to ... (