Year: 2011

Happy Canada Day!

The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…

Kudos to Air Canada

Made it to St. John’s after a 3:30am wake-up call, a 6am departure and two three hour flights – first to Toronto and then another one to St.

How I Choose Which Book To Read Next

We leave for Newfoundland tomorrow morning and as our first extended trip without Pace (10 days!) I’m extremely excited about the possibility of doing lots of uninterrupted reading.

Prof in the Park

For those not in Regina, there was a mini-controversy in the Queen City this summer when a lecture series by a number of U of R profs in

Music Monday – “But now we’re bound for ol’ St. John’s/Where all the girls are dancing/Heave away, me jolly boys/We’re all bound away!”

Hmm, do other provinces have a distinctive musical sound in the same way that the Maritime provinces do? In a very stereotypical way, I’d say that the music

Sappy Sunday – The Last Post

A 41-year old blogger in British Columbia dies of complications from stage four colorectal cancer. Knowing that he’s dying of cancer gives him the wonderful opportunity to compose

Saturday Snap – Surveying the Damage

From earlier today, Pace and my dad check out the #56 highway north of Indian Head which recently collapsed due to the massive amount of rainfall we’ve had

Friday Fun Link – GOOOAAAAALLL!!!

Not even sure what game/league this is from but anytime Canada can score a goal like this with a couple minutes left in a soccer game to tie

What Really Makes A Vacation Seem Real…

…is when you can look up the long-range forecast for your destination and get a sense of what the weather might be like for your trip. One week

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I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.

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