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Monthly Archives December 2007

2007 “End of the Year Questions” Meme: My First Child Is Born and My Last Grandparent Dies

I did this last year and found it a good way to sum up my year so I thought I’d do it again today as 2007 comes to a close. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Became a father!   Did anyone close to you give birth? Well, my wife for starters!  […]

Posted 31 December 2007 § Meme § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) °

Another Photo From Our Christmas

One of my favourites…

Posted 31 December 2007 § Baby § Main Page § Photo § Sports § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

More Than Babble: Baby's First Words May Be Key To Origins of Spoken Language

Pace is babbling up a storm these days (what's the line?  “You spend the first few months of their lives waiting for them to talk and the next eighteen years wishing they would stop!” ) with lots of “da da”, “ga ga”, “blah blah, blah” (seriously!) and grunting noises.  So I did some research (okay, […]

Posted 29 December 2007 § Baby § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – List of Bests (Dec 28, 2007)

Lists of Bests is a rather unique site that allows you to not only see various “Best of” lists but also to track your progress working through the lists and compare your progress with others.  The usual categories (books, music, movies) are here but there are some unique ones too (travel, people, things to do […]

Posted 29 December 2007 § FridayFunLink § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Merry (Belated) Christmas From The Hammond Family

Posted 28 December 2007 § Baby § Main Page § Photo § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

"Christmas Card From A Hooker" – Tom Waits

Not really a music video but a fine example of the “emotionally ambivalent” style of Christmas song I wrote about recently.

Posted 27 December 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Merry Christmas Everyone! (A Message From Santa Claus)

I told the story in a recent post about how the person that clued me in about Santa Claus was also the same person that first made me doubt the existence of God. So I thought the picture below was appropriate for today, even though I know that posting this picture today is sort of […]

Posted 25 December 2007 § Humour § Main Page § Photo ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

"JCB Song" – Nizlopi

Last year, I posted a series of videos during the week of Christmas so I thought I'd carry on the tradition this year.  “JCB Song” is a great song to start with this year.  It's not really a Christmas song but was contender for the UK Christmas #1 a few years ago.  The song has […]

Posted 24 December 2007 § Baby § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Is "Hit The Rhubarb" a Saskatchewan-Only Expression?

An Alberta cousin sent me this joke which seems appropriate after I hit the ditch last weekend for the first time in fifteen years. A Winter Statistic98% of Canadians say “Oh Shit!” before going in the ditch on a slippery road.  The other 2% are from Saskatchewan and they say “Hold My Beer and Watch […]

Posted 23 December 2007 § Humour § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (3) °

Bloglines Adding Support For Comments, Other Features

I recently posted about the lack of access to comments being one of the main downfalls of every type of RSS reader I'd seen – web-based, e-mail based, software-based.  Astute reader, Heather M. sent me the following Bloglines announcement (note how they subtly plug the ability to click ads!  Those RSS ads are coming I […]

Posted 23 December 2007 § Blog § Main Page ‡ Comments (5) °