Tag Archives: freedom

The Emergency Fund Revolution

By Julie Laurin | Published: January 14, 2010

I haven’t always been wise with money and I still occasionally get side-tracked and make a few minor mistakes that serve as a reminder to be smart about how I manage my dollars and cents! While reading “Le Zahir” on the Greyhound ride from Sudbury to Ottawa this week, there’s a passage about freedom that [...]

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It’s not about the money, it’s about freedom.

By Julie Laurin | Published: December 8, 2009

A friend of mine joined me for dinner last night.  We spoke about a few ideas that I’ve been having while I’ve been ill (this blog was one of them). That’s what we do when we’re sick, isn’t it?   We have what seems to be an infinite amount of time to think.  While I had the [...]

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… of the day: pirate radio

By Julie Laurin | Published: December 6, 2009

Quotes of the day from the film “The Boat That Rocked” (aka Pirate Radio): “Governments loathe people being free.” “See, that’s the whole point of being the government: if you don’t like something, you make a new law that makes it illegal.”

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