Most financial advice assumes that the reader is a homeowner. This goes tenfold when they’re talking about retirement planning. It is utterly infuriating.

Ha ha! I met my then-boyfriend when living in the UK. On my return to North America he flew over to visit me. It was an expensive and time-consuming trip. I’ll never forget how he put his suitcases down with a thump and declared indignantly, hands on hips, “Well, we’re just going to have to get married!” Naturally, I…

And if you haven’t used any of your TFSA room yet, put it into $63,500 of investments and slap that in there!

I once tried living on an old-style commune that was located — and I can’t stress this enough — in lowlands very close to a swamp. Commune life was great! I loved milking cows, making huge vats of granola, making upcycled candle holders with the drill press. But for the mosquitoes. Oh my living God, the mosquitoes.

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Body odor when it is first exuded may not be so bad. But after several days, the aroma — on an unwashed body or on clothes that have been worn too long without laundering — can be horrible.

Since I don’t own a grill, can I nuke them under the ‘grill’ setting of the oven? Or am I just asking for a terrifying fire that way?

I can kinda see it, though, when you’ve got a restaurant with an insanely long menu. I regularly eat at a Korean diner where it wasn’t immediately obvious at first whether I’d find my favourite dish under noodles, soups, seafood, or chef’s specialty. If you’re a newbie to the cuisine and are completely unfamiliar with…

If an “establishment” is so pretentious that they won’t include dollar signs on their prices, they fully deserve that question.

I hope someone can nominate a lightweight yet non-suction-cuppy one. Our apartment shower head won’t support much weight, and for some reason suction cups always refuse to stick to the surface of the shower stall for more than a split-second :(

I hope someone can nominate a lightweight yet non-suction-cuppy one. Our apartment shower head won’t support much wei…

In my city, a public transit day pass is $5. It’s not kosher legally to pass it along to someone else, but if you happened to drop it and the lap of a homeless person happened to be underneath, well, these things happen.

Sudden pressing need to insert Uncle Colm of Derry Girls here (at 4:26):

I once worked in a government office in a smaller ministry that had gotten stuck with a lot of old furniture. My desk was ancient and surrounded by lots of similar large, blocky wooden pieces. I often fantasized about making a cubbyhole underneath and having a nap under it during break time ... chances were that…

For Canadians: What can I do if mail is being delivered to the wrong address?

In Victoria, British Columbia, try Il Covo Trattoria, a dinner-only Italian restaurant. The outdoor patio is in a sunken garden with fairy lights, with parasols for the afternoon sun and heaters (and lap throws!) for the evening chill (summer evenings here tend to be cool). The patio does not accept reservations —…

If you’re sitting in the meddler window seat

I take the info with me as a PDF on my phone (it’s usually easy to find online), but in addition I e-mail a copy to my Gmail account. That way if the phone is lost, I can still log on via another device and retrieve the info.

Please tell me you’re not talking about drawing a check symbol in the air with your hand?

Love the one about the piece of french fry. It reminded me of a story from George Burns’s 100 Years, 100 Stories, about his good friend (and fellow comedian) Jack Benny:

Came here to say this — or something like it.