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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 § Canada § Humour § List § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Mom’s Lifetime Membership in SUN (and some thoughts on where she’s influenced me – it might not be where you’d expect!)

One benefit of being home with the baby for a couple weeks was that Shea, Sasha and I were able to slip out one afternoon earlier this week for one of Sasha’s first-ever outings. We snuck into the SUN AGM & Conference to see my mom receive a Lifetime Membership from the organization (she’d also [...]

Posted 27 April 2013 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ 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 (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Indian Head” by the Eyebats

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, I can’t really make out any of the words to this song.  So I’ll just put the band name and title of the song as the title of this post instead of relevant lyrical excerpt like I usually do. But since the title of the song [...]

Posted 08 April 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Politics & Servant Leadership – A Perfect Match?

Ryan Meili has posted his concession speech from the day after the Leadership Convention and it didn’t make my Top 10 list of reasons I was supporting Ryan Meili but the fact that I’ve always found Ryan to be beyond classy, in good times and bad, was another reason I supported his candidacy.  Truly a [...]

Posted 17 March 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° 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: , , , ,

10 Things I’m Looking Forward To Now That #skndpldr Is Over

Spending time with my family – I think Pace was starting to suspect daddy had gotten married to his computer since I was spending more time with it than him and mommy the past few months! Finishing getting ready for the addition to our family – apparently we’re having a baby in two months or [...]

Posted 13 March 2013 § Family § Humour § List § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

@ryanmeili Music Monday – “We had a lot of fun/We had a lot of money”

As I continue the transition from a blog that was “all politics, all the time” for much of the last six months to one that’s back to being a bit more balanced between the posts about libraries, technology, family and yes, still the occasional political post, I thought I’d start by resurrecting one of my [...]

Posted 11 March 2013 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Some Final Thoughts on #skndpldr

Well, by now, you’ve probably heard that Cam Broten beat Ryan Meili on the second ballot at the Saskatchewan NDP Leadership convention this weekend to become the party’s new leader. It was incredibly close – Broten won by 44 votes out of 8284 cast – meaning the margin of victory was 50.3% to 49.7%. (I [...]

Posted 10 March 2013 § MemoryLane § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

#itshere #excited #cantsleep #goodluckall #skndpldr

Posted 09 March 2013 § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,