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Monthly Archives May 2009

Ten Reasons I'm Supporting Ryan Meili – #10 – He's Soft Spoken

Back when I first started blogging regularly about the NDP leadership campaign, I had a loyal reader named Kent (who I'm 98.3% sure is Kent Lindgren who recently endorsed Dwain Lingenfelter.) At the time, Kent took issue with oh, pretty much every single thing I said (a tactic I'm increasingly seeing from Lingenfelter supporters not […]

Posted 24 May 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) °

Friday Fun Link – A Trailer For "The Road" (May 22, 2009)

I haven't looked this forward to a movie since probably “Batman: Dark Knight” which completely lived up to my expectations plus more.  I hope this one does the same – one of the best books I've read (and re-read) in the past year or two.

Posted 23 May 2009 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Anybody remember Dwayne Wayne? – Playing The Name Game with Lingenfelter and Meili

When I first met Ryan, I made a special effort to take note of how his last name was pronounced (“Meili” rhymes with “smiley” – easy!) and I thought it was a silly thing but that his surname might be a slight barrier in his campaign.  As a relative unknown (at least when the campaign […]

Posted 22 May 2009 § Humour § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) °

Maybe Ryan Meili Should Adopt The Nickname "Link" Too?

Here's a two-part video I stumbled across on YouTube about the “Making the Links” program for U of S medical students which takes them to First Nations communities in northern Saskatchewan, rural villages in Mozambique and to the SWITCH (Student Wellness Initiative Toward Community Health) clinic that Ryan Meili co-founded in Saskatoon's inner-city.  The “Making […]

Posted 21 May 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (4) °

I Can Hardly Wait/To See You Come of Age/But I Guess We'll Both Just Have To Be Patient

Pace Funny Moment of the (Other) Day: We usually put him down for his nap in our room (we're still co-sleeping so it's “his” bed too.)  The other day, he was really fighting it and then it got quiet so we assumed he'd finally crashed.  Shea went down to check on him and called me […]

Posted 20 May 2009 § Main Page § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Now the lounge is full of farmers for the 7:30 draw/Teammates all left before they had to buy a round/When they pull the 50/50 and I've lost again, I'll go"

Posted 18 May 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Dirt? I Didn't Eat No Dirt!

Posted 18 May 2009 § Humour § Main Page § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun *Links* – Some Randomness From Around The Web About the NDP Leadership Race (May 15, 2009)

Here are some random things I'm seeing around the web as the Hale Report seems to have only poured fuel on the fire rather than clearing things up.  The amount of attention being paid to the NDP leadership race seems to have grown greatly but unfortunately, not just because people are paying more attention now […]

Posted 16 May 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

An Open Letter to Premier Calvert

Hello Premier Calvert,I know that you don't know me – I mean, we're Facebook friends but I see that you don't log in that often – so we don't really get a chance to chat.  So I thought a letter on my blog might be the best way to reach you.First off, congrats on your […]

Posted 15 May 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (3) °

Referrer Madness & Pushing Buttons

With the big increase in traffic to this blog because of my writing about the NDP leadership race (sorry everybody who comes here for library & technology related stuff – less than a month till I'm back to that beat), I thought it might be interesting to see some of the search strings that are […]

Posted 13 May 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (1) °