There Was No Post Today Because…

Posted by Tim Stobbs on November 19, 2010

It is current 3:30pm (SK time) and I have yet to write a post today.  I would like to think that I will write one, but they way today is going the odds of this is approaching zero.  Thus rather than bore you death with the real reason I didn’t get it done let’s try a little creative writing exercise.

Finish the following sentence below in your comment:

There was no post today because….

I’ll go first… Tim was abducted by aliens had all his financial knowledge stolen and he has spend the rest of his day in happiness since he can no longer recall what why mathematical modeling would be considered fun or why anyone would obsess over retirement.

The best comment chosen by me will be featured on the start of my next link post and be the theme for that post.  Good luck to everyone and please have fun.

Contest – Part II

Posted by Tim Stobbs on November 4, 2010

Don’t you love pleasant surprises? I had one of those yesterday when I found out I had miscounted my vacation time off for the year and I had two extra days.  So this morning I slept in because I took the day off so I’m starting a four day weekend. Ya!

Well this is Part II of our 1000 post and 4th birthday contest.  In this round you can win one of two prizes:

1. The RESP Book by Mike Holman.  An excellent read which I will have a review up for next week.
2. A Kobo Wireless eReader. Valued at $150 and comes loaded with 100 classic books.  It’s basically a library in a box.  The winner will also receive an advanced ebook copy of my book, Free at 45, due out in Feb or March 2011.

To win you can enter several different ways:

• Leave a comment on this post with a valid email (1 entry – limit one entry per person on this method)
• Tweet about this contest and include @canadiandream (2 entries – limit one tweet per person on this method)
• Link to this post from your blog and email a copy of the link to candian.dream.free.at.45[at]gmail.com (5 entries – limit one link per blog with this method)

Now the fine print: contest open to residents of North America(for the Kobo, The RESP Book is only for Canadians).  Winners will be selected by a random number generator.  Contest closes on Nov 19, 2010 at midnight EST.

Good luck to everyone!

Contest Part I Winners

Posted by Tim Stobbs on October 24, 2010

The winners to the ING event are:

Michael S. (comment #12) and Shaun (comment #15).

Both of you have been sent emails to confirm your name and contact information.  Please check your spam folders as these notices can often end up there.  You have to confirm your information by Monday morning so I can arrange your tickets with ING.

Thanks for entering everyone and if you didn’t win, best of luck on the next part of the contest which will launch later this week.