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Entries from October 2007

NASCAR – The Most Exciting Left Turn, Ever

October 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

This is a guest post from Steve, an award winning journalist. Thanks Steve for the contribution to our little publication.
If you’re not a fan of NASCAR, there’s a good chance you’ve never driven a stock car. There’s also a pretty good chance you don’t like the taste of Budweiser, you probably don’t have a “good” [...]

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Tags: Adventure · User Submitted

What Fuel Economy Really Means

October 18th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a guest post from Brian.
Most people can agree that one of the best feelings in the world is driving a car for the very first time. Nothing beats that feeling of pressing your foot on the accelerator and pondering just how fast the car can go. If you live in Canada, you get [...]

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Tags: Money

Life in a 490 Square Foot Apartment

October 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Yes it’s true. People live in homes that are smaller than your garage. And it’s great, or at least good enough that we can convince ourselves it’s great. But I truly believe everyone at one point in their life or another should try it out. Why? One simple reason… Simplify.
You quickly realize when you have [...]

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Tags: Self Improvement

Experience Agents – The Experience of a Lifetime

October 13th, 2007 · No Comments

Check out this article on the new “experience agents.” They’ll fix you up with once in a lifetime experiences for a hefty fee. Some of my favorites include the Playboy Mansion Party for $3,900 per person (how’s that for a birthday gift) and the Fighter Pilot for a day ($1,195 per person).
Anyway you look at [...]

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Tags: Luxury · Travel

The Newcomers Detailed Budget

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

This is a guest post from Brian.
Within the past 1/3 of a year, I’ve had the pleasure of moving out for the first time.
In a city that has gone through quite the boom, even renting is expensive. I’m fortunate enough to have the financial help of a girlfriend to help make it through the bills [...]

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Tags: Money · Self Improvement

TV Done the Right Way

October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This is a guest post from Brian.
Over the past couple months I made the transition from an everyday $120 20″ Toshiba TV to a $2000 42″ Pioneer Plasma TV. It took a lot of thinking, saving, and it was most certainly worth every penny.
I had an advantage of background knowledge and HDTV viewing experience since [...]

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Tags: Tech

Budgeting – Why Cash is King

October 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’ve said it before and I think budgeting is basically useless when it is too detailed. If you budget a certain amount for every little item then you will eventually overspend on something and feel like you’ve failed. The problem is it’s just too inflexible.
I support the 60% solution which is a great way to split [...]

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Tags: Money · Self Improvement

A million dollar laptop

October 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

UK based Luvaglio has finally put something on the market that no one can justify. A $1 million dollar laptop. The tech specs are pretty boring but it comes with a diamond ring that serves as the power button and can actually be taken off and worn. Oh and the ring even acts as a [...]

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Tags: Style · Tech

A Month of Muscle

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

 This is a guest post by Bunk Price. You can find other articles by Bunk at the lifestyle maverick.
I am an ectomorph by the pure definition of the word. To put it simple it is hard as junk for me to put on weight, it always has been. In high school, I so badly wanted [...]

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Tags: Self Improvement · User Submitted