Random Thoughts: Good Bye Cito

Blue Jays Leader Adieu

This week, the Blue Jays end another frustrating season, and they bid farewell to Cito Gaston as their Manager. I was a big baseball fan, but my heart for the game left when the Montreal Expos left. I do watch Blue Jays games and daydream of what might have been if Montreal had won the 1994 World Series. Ken Burns’ Tenth Inning is also on PBS. It did really make me melancholy for my younger days walking to Jarry Park and watching Bob Bailey, Rusty Staub and the rest of my heroes play ball. Baseball is a boy’s game played by men, but it’s also a business now (a very SLOW-played business).

This week I wrote about Johnny Cash and his One Piece at a Time concept of Personal Finance, Not Making the Same Mistake Twice, asked What is in a Word, pointed out that The Answer is Always No Unless You Ask, and Random Thoughts: Week of the Long Guns. I also added a video about Social Networking that while a little off topic, was interesting.

In the blogosphere, there was no limit to the exciting posts (not many about baseball, sadly):

• Financial Highway discusses the CRA Voluntary Disclosure Program and how it might be a good idea to take advantage of it, if you need to.
• Gail Vaz-Oxlade trips over the RESP Surprises and learns it’s not as easy as you think.
• Did I say RESP? Money.Smarts is publishing The RESP Book: The Complete Guide, which would have been helpful to me about 10 years ago, unfortunately.
• Ironic event for the week, the Inventor of Segway dieing in a Segway accident.
• Balance Junkie asks the age old question: Hot Water Heater: Rent or Own? I rent, but should own.
• Michael James agrees with Warren Buffet who says U.S. is Still in a Recession, thanks for the happy news!
• If you want an Actuary’s take on new technology Riscario writes about The Right Way to View Netflix in Canada.
• Million Dollar Journey talks about Ways to Track Your Spending, which invokes Heisenberg’s principle, but also follows the old addage, if you don’t write it down, how do you know if it happened?
• Tom at the Canadian Finance Blog laments, I should Have Bought An Index Fund. You can still do it!

Remember

No matter where you go, there you are. –Buckaroo Banzai