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Poorly Pets and the Christmas Baby Countdown

By Greg | December 23, 2006

With 2 days til Christmas and 5 days til the official due date of our first child, my wife and I have been trying to achieve a gradual winding down in our to-ing and fro-ing, fetching and organising. Each day, we’ve been looking forward to having a real break, some rest and relaxation — and each day, something has come up to make it a bit less than straightforward. Today, it was our cat, some quick veterinary treatment for our cat…and the clean-up afterwards.

Five Tips for Stemming the Flow of Emails During Holidays and Vacations

By Greg | December 21, 2006

How much of your holiday or vacation time do you spend tending to work-related emails? If you’re like me, you know the balancing act all too well: ignore emails completely, and every day your awareness grows of just how large the mountain may have grown when you return to work, but spend time dealing with them during your time off, and find yourself resenting the lost time as your holiday draws to a close. Yesterday, in my first week of 3 months of paternity leave, I decided on a radical shake-up of the ground rules for that balancing act.

Topics: Web Business

The Time I Was Accidentally Given $250,000

By Greg | December 17, 2006

Weird Banking Events ™ seem to follow me around in life. The weirdest happened a little while back, when my bank inadvertently multiplied a deposit by 1000 times, mistakenly crediting the account with over a quarter of a million dollars. Give it back, or make travel plans to take refuge in a small South American country?

Topics: Money Matters

Does Money Make You Antisocial?

By Greg | December 15, 2006

A quick post over at CounsellingResource.com talks about a recent study on the psychology of money — and the surprisingly strong effects that even mild reminders of money can have on behaviour and social attitudes.