Salary caps for corporations
So I was bouncing this idea around in my head for awhile. Originally I was thinking of a maximum salary. Like if we said you can only have a maximum income of $1M and every dollar after that gets taxed at 90% or something. But when I watched this video, …
Who are you wearing?
So I had this shower thought last night about the Oscars. I don’t normally think about the Oscars, I don’t really care. This year the hot button issue was race and the lack of people of colour amoung the nominees. I think it’s an important issue to raise and perfectly …
Latest Acquisition
So I started buying art a few months ago. I found this online art auction website, which happens to be across from the AGO on Dundas called Consignor Canadian Fine Art. They have about 8 auctions a year and you get some absolute steals. I came across this charming little …
Why UPX will continue to fail
I was pretty excited when I found out a couple of years ago that a permanent express line was going to be put in to the airport. It was about time that a city like Toronto got transit to the airport. Now we could finally be a world-class city. Narita …
Cancun (part 2)
One of the reasons we chose Cancun over Bermuda was we felt there was more to see and do. If you do any research on Cancun the number one tourist thing to do is a trip to Chichen Itza. So with Bermuda hats in hand Zuimei and I went to find …
Cancun (part1)
Last week Zuimei and I went to Cancun, Mexico. It had been several years since the two of us had a vacation together, just us. I booked the trip through Expedia and it was a toss up between Bermuda and Cancun but in the end we decided there was probably …
Something rotten in the state of Newmarket
My taxes have gone up again this year. Which isn’t too surprising there are only two guarantees in life: death and taxes. Property taxes 2.34% increase Hydro …
Some old photos
I came across some old photos while looking for something on my computer. Zuimei and I in Xian, Zuimei in Shanghai, Me (25 years old) in Dort Kalesei in Turkey, My friend Neil and I standing in the Mediterranean, Me with hemp growing in Pakistan, and me playing a very serious …