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January 2008

Six things from GTD

January 29, 2008 Uncategorized

Well, it’s been just over three months since I read Getting Things Done by David Allen. Some things have worked, some things just aren’t for me. Part of the why is how I function, which is usually isn’t particularly detail oriented. Part of it is just how my life is right now. I don’t have [...]

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People who rent are stupid. So are the owners of the buildings.

January 20, 2008 Alberta

Back by popular demand is something I wrote in March of 2007 (nearly a year ago), just before Alberta made some changes to the RTA. In my next post I’ll also talk about something that I started doing after this: taking tenants to Dispute Resolution (i.e. to court) myself. I’ve never lost a case.For now, [...]

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Less Hours? How about 4?

January 16, 2008 Books

I mentioned to a couple people that I’ve started reading The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. Interesting book, and I’ll talk more about it when I’m done. Until then I’ll be spending my spare time staring at people….. Next business book will likely be World Is Flat….

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Dolly the Cheeseburger

January 15, 2008 Alberta

The FDA just cleared meat and milk from cloned animals as safe for human consumption. I think it’s just fine. I don’t think we need labeling (in Canada or in the US) of cloned product. Separate labels are only required for foods that are substantially different than the regular version of the foods. We don’t [...]

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More on the sub-prime…

January 6, 2008 The Economy

Here’s a slightly more light-hearted look at the markets. It wouldn’t be as funny if they weren’t English. What Created The Subprime Mess – Watch more free videos

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