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One From The Archives – Jason Interviewed on Medicine Hat Local Access in 2002

Found this clip buried in a folder on my hard drive… One thing I’ll always remember about this trip to a writing event I helped organize in Medicine Hat in 2002 – why do event organizers (even other writers who should know better!) often provide a huge meal right before an event when the energy [...]

Posted 11 June 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also 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 § Canada § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also 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 § Canada § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

FTRW 2013 – Day 5 – #ftrweek – Tom Flanagan and the Limits of Freedom of Expression #cndpoli

Yesterday, I said that during Freedom to Read Week, often everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue. I didn’t mention another aspect of this in that sometimes, something that looks like a freedom of expression issue could also actually highlight something else – potentially even something criminal. And lo and behold, something [...]

Posted 28 February 2013 § Censorship § Video ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , ,

FTRW 2013 – Day 4 – #ftrweek – Unintended FTRW Experiences (aka “Boobs, Walls & Thieves”)

During past Freedom to Read weeks, I’ve noticed that everything starts to look like a Freedom of Expression issue.  (That’s probably a good thing that we should keep in mind year-round anyhow.)  For example, we’re only halfway through the week and I’ve had three distinct experiences that weren’t official FTRW events but which brought forward [...]

Posted 27 February 2013 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Funniest Wedding Grand Entrance Video Ever

There’s a whole sub-genre on YouTube of creative, funny, artistic wedding grand entrance & first dance videos. The one below is right up there in all three categories and bonus, it was shot by a couple in Lethbridge… Their proposal video is pretty good too, evoking one of my favourites of that kind, the World’s [...]

Posted 30 November 2012 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Sappy § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Going Green in Calgary Centre? I Hope So (And I Don’t Care Who Knows!)

This is probably not a great thing to admit to while not only doing a lot of writing about but also heavily volunteering for one of four NDP leadership candidates here in Saskatchewan. But I have to admit that if I still lived in Calgary Centre, I’m fairly certain I’d be voting for the Green [...]

Posted 25 November 2012 § Canada § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Genius: The Nickelback Story

Very interesting story about how Nickelback has gone from Hanna, AB to one of the biggest and most successful bands on earth.

Posted 14 November 2012 § Canada § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Will Ferguson Wins #Giller Prize, Is All Around Good Guy #canlit

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, the biggest part of my job was probably working with beginning and emerging writers.  So you can imagine my surprise when the phone rang one day and I heard a voice on the other end of the line say: “Jason, it’s Will, Will Ferguson calling.” He [...]

Posted 30 October 2012 § Canada § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “He don’t mind the cadavers/He don’t mind human remains/He got no problem sleepin’ at night,/Ain’t nothin’ a little whiskey won’t tame”

The last few Mondays have been “Meili Mondays” but a timely new video release from Corb Lund is a great time to revive “Music Monday” posting for a week…

Posted 29 October 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,