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Friday Fun Link – Our English As She Is Spoke (A Column Only Canadians Will Understand)

A fun column by Dave Bidini as we head into the May Long Weekend aka “The Official Start of Summer in Canada” (at least in theory, if not practice.)

Posted 17 May 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Partial and Incomplete List of Reasons the NDP Lost The BC Election #skpoli #bcpoli #ndp

I went to a noon hour presentation at the Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy on “The BC Election and What It Means For Saskatchewan“.   One presenter got a good laugh off the bat joking about how he had to tear up his speaking notes in light of the stunning come-from-behind victory of the Liberals [...]

Posted 15 May 2013 § Humour § List § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone viral like so much of the other content he’s provided.  One great example - a geography teacher at a Nova Scotia Community College created a cool Google Maps mash-up which [...]

Posted 13 May 2013 § Internet § Meme § Mobile § MusicMonday § Photo § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Two Tales of Crime & Punishment: Guess Who Comes Out Looking Better – The Cops or the Librarians? (Okay, It’s the Feds Who Look Bad…As Usual)

The police often get the short end of the stick in terms of public perception but stories like this one show there are definitely good cops out there. In my line of work, it’s not often that you can arrest somebody on multiple occasions and end up being friends with them. On the flip side [...]

Posted 02 May 2013 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § Sappy § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Two Conventions; One Solution #canpoli #cndpoli #cdnpoli

The Federal Liberals and NDP had conventions this weekend and the respective leaders of each party were in the spotlight – Thomas Mulcair as Leader of the government-in-waiting and Justin Trudeau for being elected the Liberal’s new leader in a landslide. And for all the attention on those two leaders, one of the main things [...]

Posted 14 April 2013 § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – History of NHL Video Games (1991-2012)

Lots of nostalgia in the video below… NHL 94 is the obvious classic of the bunch but I probably spent more time playing EA NHL 2000 than any other video game in my life. Nothing spectacular about that particular game – just came at a time when I had lots of free time (no kids!), [...]

Posted 12 April 2013 § Computer § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

What Is Politics About? (and Two Things I Want From The Sask NDP’s New Leader)

A couple weeks back, I attended the Federal NDP’s full day workshop on their “Prairie Initiative“.  This is an effort by the federal party to lay the groundwork for a similar breakthrough on the Prairies to the one they had in Quebec during the last election. The day was filled with speakers, presentations and break-out [...]

Posted 09 April 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

2013-03-27 – Seven Things In My Brain This Week

Finding the A&W at the Cornwall Centre food court closed for renovations tonight, a co-worker suggested that we should “nationalize the fast food industry.” I helped a visually impaired patron mix up a protein shake the other day.  Now *that’s* customer service! If politics is like sport, losing the leadership race by 44 votes is [...]

Posted 27 March 2013 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Shea § Sports § TenThings § United States § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “And who by brave assent/Who by accident/Who in solitude/Who in this mirror”

Cool video by Buck 65 covering Leonard Cohen…

Posted 19 March 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Finally a Photo To Replace the Shot of Shea and I With Joe Clark in Calgary

I’d rather have a shot of a future Prime Minister than a past Prime Minister anyhow.  

Posted 16 March 2013 § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,