Minimum Wage Increases: Should More People Get a Boost?

“I have an idea what you can write about” he said to me. And by he, I mean Michel (the host of RBCp2p). A week later, I received my Visa Gift Card issued by RBC. With $50 on the card, I was free to spend it however I wanted, provided I then write about the experience and the details of the VGC’s by RBC. It’s funny how much more exciting gift cards are than money.

The title of this blog entry is courtesy of Hank, whom I met recently while traveling. His friend John has this saying (coined by the late Albert Ellis, I discovered): Don’t “should” on yourself! I’m sure you can figure out what this means, but if not I will clarify. The idea is that we ALL, at one point or another, say something like:

I will first admit that I am far from an economist, and the following is based partially on my opinion. I do possess a fair amount of knowledge in relation to economics and how business works. On the other hand, I have no vested interest in defending the automakers. Much of what I’m reading in newspaper articles and seeing on the news comes from a position sympathetic to the Big 3.

While Adbusters Magazine did not technically start BND (this credit belongs to Vancouverite, Ted Dave) it sure has spearheaded its promotion. The issue of consumerism, overconsumption and BND sure do stir up emotions, as is obvious from the comments on this article from two years ago. And it should. It’s the kind of issue we must face, and especially in these tough economic times.

My astronomy professor said something interesting the other day, and it reminded me of a theory of mine. He mentioned – in regards to climate change and the state of our planet – that there exists an opportunity to create jobs. Specifically, he joked about checking the Yellow Pages to find a windmill repairperson (to no avail), as there should clearly be someone trained to fix these increasingly-common contraptions.

My oh-so-clever title refers to Amazon’s Kindle and the Sony Reader, two of the most popular e-book devices on the market. Oprah loves the Kindle, and our very own RBCp2p blogger Nathan Jenkins brings it up in The Book is Back. You can check out their respective sites and a host of other sites that do a side-by-side comparison (the Kindle and Sony Reader, not Nathan and Oprah).

So the other day I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone as I stood in my kitchen. I looked around and realized that a brand new season of fruit flies was upon us, and I knew I had to devise a plan to combat these pesky critters. I took a glass, put some apple slices into it and taped a sandwich bag tightly to the glass, poking holes in the top.

I checked with Thirty-Years-From-Now Me (us?) and he assures me that sufficient research has been done in the field of Historical Self Correspondence to confirm that with minimal hints to what the future holds, it’s fine to write to you. So rather than tell you what happens and warn you how to avoid it, I’ll offer you some insights and some advice that may help you without fundamentally altering the course of your life.