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How to get me to NOT donate to your charity

It’s summer weather in downtown Ottawa.  It’s been a long, long week.  I’m walking home with a heavy container of cat litter in one hand, my handbag strapped over the shoulder and a bag of groceries in the other hand.  The only thing on my mind is, as my dad would say, “home, James”. So, [...]

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Lessons learned from unemployment

Late one evening in June, after a huge workout, a large meal and one heck of an awesome day spent with my sister, I was packing up my stuff to head home to crash for the night.  Work had been insanely busy due to a project that involved some major tax changes and I needed [...]

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