2025 year in review
A brief review of my 2025 and what is next for 2026.
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Time budgets
A post about setting annual targets or budgets for hours worked, how I broke down the targets and analyze the data in PowerBI throughout the year.
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Power of Attorney: lessons learned
Lessons learned being a power of attorney for a US relative (as a Canadian citizen). Fun with banks, investment firms and Apostilles!
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2024 year in review
My annual year-in-review post, looking at 2024 and what might be in store for 2025.
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MVP Renewal for 2024/2025
A long overdue post about my MVP renewal for 2024-2025 and a catch-up on why my blog has been so quiet since March.
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles!
A post about my 3-week trip from Redmond, Washington for MVP Summit, to California, to Las Vegas for the Microsoft Fabric conference.
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Last Christmas…
A post about life, realizing that we don’t know if this could be our last or the last time you get a chance to spend a holiday with someone.
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2022 Year in review
This is my annual year in review post, this one is for 2022.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2021
A look back at 2020 and what I have planned for 2021.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2020
My annual blog about the past year and looking forward to the following year, this time for 2019 and 2020.
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In search of the perfect credit card
This post is off-topic about a series of trials and errors in finding the right credit card for my needs.
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Prepaid Visa Card rip-off
This post is a warning to those buying or receiving prepaid credit cards. Watch the terms, mine starts with $3/month charges to reduce the balance on the card after one year of activation.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2019
My annual new year’s resolutions post, looking back at 2018 and forward to 2019.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2018
My annual new year’s resolution post for 2018 and how 2017 fared for me.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2017
My annual new-year’s resolution post for 2017 and what 2016 looked like for me.
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Tales of shopping for a new car
A little off-topic post about shopping for a new car and the various fun times with salespeople.
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New Year’s Resolutions 2016
Another annual post with 2016 resolutions and a look back at 2015.