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Monthly Archives June 2010

Blog Holiday

As I mentioned the other day, Shea, Pace and I are on holidays for the next little bit.  And even though I have such a serious Internet addiction that I bought a wireless router on my way into Kelowna so I could have WiFi at my aunt's place (I wish I were kidding about that! […]

Posted 16 June 2010 § Blog § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "The Golden Rim Motor Inn/Soft water and a colour TV/Can’t afford the luxury"

You probably shouldn’t base your motel selections on twenty year old Tragically Hip songs but when they end up having views like this… …you should just send Gord Downie a thank-you note and be done with it!  Might be time to update the lyrics though – “Outdoor patio and (now) free WiFi/(Still) can’t afford the […]

Posted 14 June 2010 § Canada § Main Page § MusicMonday § Photo § Video ‡ Comments (3) °

Wikipedia Manual of Style: Spelling

As someone who tends to use pretty much all of these interchangeably, I still think this page is great!

Posted 14 June 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – On the Road Again

We're off for a few weeks' holidays, planning to hit Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver as our main ports of call.  Here's a shot from somewhere near Brooks, Alberta.  “When you gotta go” and all that – glad we decided to throw the potty in the van with us!  The funniest/scariest part of this was the […]

Posted 13 June 2010 § Humour § Main Page § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Three Lions

 

Posted 12 June 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture § Sports § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Michael Geist Doing a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" on Friday

Geist did the closing keynote at the recent CLA (I taped it with my iPhone but haven't decided whether to post it or not – copyright and all that, you know! ) and he's always got interesting things to say.  So having him come to Reddit for one of of their patented “Ask Me Anything” […]

Posted 11 June 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Blackhawks Win 2010 Stanley Cup

The best part is that the Toronto Maple Laffs now have the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL.  And the way that team's going, the Kitchener-Waterloo Blackberries have a better chance of winning a cup before the Laffs do! 

Posted 10 June 2010 § Main Page § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Shortest Possible Game of Monopoly

Would you believe four turns?  (And if you don't, make sure you read the comments for even more inspired ideas!)We started to wonder about what the shortest THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE game of Monopoly would be. That is, if everything went just the right way, with just the right sequence of rolls, Chance and Community Chest cards, […]

Posted 08 June 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "When nobody else would stay/I would/When nobody else would pray/I would"

[Edit: Seeing some reports that the taping is on June 14 and the show will be broadcast on June 18.  I always thought Letterman taped around suppertime for broadcast the same day so jokes, etc. were timely but just to be safe, you may watch to watch both nights.] Fred Eaglesmith is about to be […]

Posted 08 June 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Saccarine Sunday – Eight Month Old Has Cochlear Implants Turned On For the First time

This is pretty amazing and heart-melting.(via MetaFilter which has a good discussion of the implications for the deaf community, many of whom are opposed to this type of operation.  Man, I never would've thought there was any question about doing something like this!) 

Posted 07 June 2010 § Baby § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: