With the death of Wade Belak, the three young NHLers who have died in recent months (also including Derek Boogaard and Rick Rypien) were all born and/or played junior hockey in Saskatchewan. I suspect their common role as hockey enforcers probably played more of a role in their sudden deaths – two suicides and one […]
This is the first new branch RPL has opened in something like fifteen years. Congratulations to all involved for all of your good work!
I understand why Steven Page chose to perform a cover of “Hallelujah” at the Jack Layton funeral on Saturday (apparently it was the last song Jack listened to as he slipped away.) But it got me wondering if there was a song in the BNL catalogue which would’ve also worked? Thematically (at least in […]
We were away camping this weekend so I just got to see Jack Layton’s funeral tonight when we got home. It’s hard to choose a saddest or most touching moment from Jack Layton’s funeral on Saturday. But the videos below were definitely two of them. As documented on this blog, I’ve had the honour of […]
Why do I live in the city instead of at the lake? I don’t know of a more relaxing place on earth…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qehxjub5lyo
It may seem hasty with Jack Layton having only died a couple days ago. But already speculation has begun as to who should be the next NDP leader. (To be fair, Mr. Layton likely knew the end was near and was able to share his own opinions on this topic as well.) I’m not an […]
Most people don’t think of the site this way but Facebook has announced sweeping changes that will put a huge focus on user privacy and control of their information. Reading over the proposed changes, I can’t help but see a huge influence of Google+. So even if Google’s new social network isn’t thriving as much […]
The news of Jack Layton’s passing today, although not unexpected, is still sad and tragic for so many reasons. There is much grieving today from party supporters and much respect from people from across the political spectrum for a man who was truly special within the political realm. I tried to think of an appropriate […]
Pace has become quite the little music fan recently, often breaking into “songs” of his own creation or snippets of songs he’s heard on the radio or at daycare or wherever. Still, Shea and I had our jaws drop when he recently started singing “If you can’t make her say oooh-oooh-oooh, make her say ahh-ahh-ahh!” […]
