Updates: July 15 – 21
Welcome to the new Outlier Model! We’ve upgraded our look and are pretty pleased with the results. Bear with us while we iron out the kinks – shoot us a tweet or email if you notice something that we missed (thanks Jeremy!). In tribute to his cat photos, I’m introducing Chaucer; our pudgy, attention suck of a cat.
This weekend I’m heading to the Whitecaps game with Jeremy and another blogger who I haven’t met yet from Freedom Thirty Five. After trading Eric Hassli yesterday, I’m intrigued to check out our new strikers. The head office of the Whitecaps is in the same building as my side hustle, so I was chatting with one of them last night. Major League Soccer rules are very complicated (you think the NHL salary cap is complicated? It sounds like a piece of cake compared to MLS) and I was assured that we are in a very good position for the next few years with international spots, cap money and other complicated things I don’t understand yet.
On to the links!
- CF’s not the only one who’s keen on preparing for the zombie apocalypse. Dave, writing at Canadian Dream talks about finding the middle ground between a self-reliant, simple life and keeping the friends and family that are important.
- Looking for more information on the proposed EI reform? Head over to Canadian Finance Blog and check out What is so Wrong About EI Reform? I believe that EI is too lenient and support the proposed changes.
- Going to be spending some time away from home? Take Forrest’s advice and turn it into an opportunity to get Faster, stronger, richer and lighter! Enjoy the UK and the crazyness of the Olympics that you’ll no doubt experience!
- Who doesn’t love chocolate? And money! Check out this cool and fun gift idea from Unique Gifter.
- Freedom Thirty Five Blog reminds us that we have a lot to learn from the Greatest Generation. He’s done a good job of articulating some of the ideas that I know I believe but have had trouble putting words to.
- On principle, I’m against paying for credit cards. Modest Money looks at How Airline Credit Cards Cost you More. It’s certainly appealing to chase the rewards if you’ve already paid money to have the card. Friends don’t let friends pay for credit cards.
- I like brownies. I like cheap brownies. We’re always trying to find a better way to eat healthy while still eating frugally. Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses seems to have hit a home run with Cheap and Healthy Brownies – Yes they Exist!
Thanks to all the awesome people out there who included us in their posts this week:
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Thanks for the multiple mentions Brian and thanks for the cat photo tribute lol. The new blog theme looks great. Nice work!
The Whitecaps game tomorrow should be pretty sweet even with Hassli gone. He was my favourite player, but we’ve got all kinds of skill on the team these days. I think the other players have a better all around game.
Everyone loves cat photos!
Thanks for the mention. I don’t think I’ll ever understand how the economics/politics of major league sports work lol, it just all seems so complicated to me. See you and modestmoney tomorrow. Btw, I dig the new look here.
It’s one of those super interesting but not very useful things to investigate :p
I love the new look. It’s very clean looking! Cute kitty
I hope you have fun at the game!
Thanks Daisy! The game was pretty fun – we were talking about a blogger BBQ at some point – we’ll keep you posted!