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roundabout new year's resolutions

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2016.01.08

For the new year, a friend has decided to exercise less and pay less attention to his finances. That is; he's decided he can no longer jog as it's hurting his knees too much, and he's decided to scrap the under-served "full service" brokerage account and go back to passive investing.

As for me, I've decided to pursue a course that will result in my spending a whole lot less time with the family. And no, I'm not referring to buying a metro-pass for Janaury and leaving myself at the mercy of the TTC.

rand()m quote

On the endless saga of Rob Ford, mayor of Toronto; "It shouldn't have had to come to this. I'm so tired of getting up every morning and wondering, 'What will it be today?' I'm so tired of giving the benefit of the doubt again and again, only to be let down again and again.... Somewhere a responsible adult has to appear, draw a bright moral line, tell the truth and say unequivocally what won't be tolerated. Somebody has to do the right thing."

—Denzil Minnan-Wong