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Monthly Archives August 2011

A Tragic Coincidence for Saskatchewan Hockey

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 […]

Posted 31 August 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

New Prince of Wales Branch Opens in Regina!

This is the first new branch RPL has opened in something like fifteen years.  Congratulations to all involved for all of your good work!

Posted 30 August 2011 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild…”

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 […]

Posted 29 August 2011 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Sad Sunday – Michael Layton & Sarah Campbell’s Eulogies For Their Father

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 […]

Posted 28 August 2011 § Family § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Katepwa Sunset

Why do I live in the city instead of at the lake?  I don’t know of a more relaxing place on earth…

Posted 27 August 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – How to Shower: Women vs. Men

Posted 26 August 2011 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Who Should Be The Next NDP Leader?

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 […]

Posted 24 August 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (3) °

Facebook: All About Privacy?

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 […]

Posted 23 August 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “The morning breaks like porcelain/Across an eastern sky/I stare across an open field/I sit and wonder why/Why the world’s so beautiful/And why it’s so sad.”

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 […]

Posted 22 August 2011 § MusicMonday § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Lyric Check Needed – Stat!

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!” […]

Posted 21 August 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,