Miscellany

Robert is once again staging the Canadian Blog Awards. Nominations are open until November 12. As Pogge says, the primary value is that you can find some pretty good blogs by browsing the nominations.

Via Sacha, I see that the B.C. government has matched the federal government's moves to reduce dividend taxation, leading to some very favourable treatment for dividend income (e.g. every dollar of dividend income you get *reduces* your tax bill) if you have a low income. Accumulating some dividend-earning savings and working part-time is looking more attractive all the time...

Via Just Society, this (listen to the first few minutes of the 'Behaves so Strangely' Segment), is pretty cool. Another reminder how little we really know about how our brains work and what they are capable of. Just be warned you might have a hard time getting it out of your head afterwards. I recommend coming back an hour or more later after listening to it the first time and replaying the first little bit - bizarre.