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Monthly Archives February 2012

For the Record…

I spent part of today chipping out the last of the ice on our driveway.  In mid-February.  In Saskatchewan. Last winter was one of the most brutal I can remember – usually we get 1-2 really cold snaps through the whole winter (which usually lasts from October to oh, let’s say April).  But last year, […]

Posted 19 February 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read Week Display (And Other Memorable RPL Moments)

Freedom to Read Week is coming up from February 26 to March 3 and I volunteered to create the relevant display at Central for the next few weeks leading up to FTRW.  (One co-worker was impressed and said “Don’t do too good of a job or they’ll make you do all the displays!”) Anyhow, that […]

Posted 18 February 2012 § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – #TellVicEverything

I’ve mentioned in the past that the popular quote that the Internet interprets censorship as damage to be routed around.  I think there’s a related rule that the Internet even responds to attempts to control/restrict access in a similar fashion. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews found this out the hard way this week after introducing […]

Posted 17 February 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Niki Ashton’s Saskatchewan Support Could Decide Four-Way Logjam in NDP Leadership Race

While each of the candidates can point to some Saskatchewan backers, the most visibly involved segment of Saskatchewan’s NDP membership has been a group providing support for Niki Ashton – who thusfar has fallen short of the field in terms of overall support. But if (as seems likely) Ashton drops off the ballot with a […]

Posted 16 February 2012 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Gorilla Cam

This is simultaneously the coolest and saddest thing I’ve seen. (The zoo does that to me.) It’s also got a nice twist at the end that proves we are, without-a-doubt, evolved from apes! 😉

Posted 15 February 2012 § Humour § Sad § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Unwritten Rules for Reading and Photography

A couple semi-related Reddit threads… What are some unwritten rules of photography? My rules for reading

Posted 14 February 2012 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – Whitney Houston

I wasn’t her biggest fan but, as someone says in the MetaFilter obituary thread, her music was the soundtrack for many a high school dance.  Her talent and success can’t be denied either. Here’s her isolated vocal track on “How Will I Know?” which is pretty amazing. And here’s my favourite Whitney Houston song… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Sgnlz719Q

Posted 13 February 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Some Thoughts on the Federal NDP Leadership Race

I haven’t written a lot about the federal NDP leadership race although I have been following it fairly closely.  With the recent (and unfortunate) withdrawal of Romeo Saganash, there are seven candidates left in the race. My friend, the Accidental Jurist, has been keeping tabs and after today’s French-language debate, posted his latest rankings of […]

Posted 12 February 2012 § Politics ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Only In Weyburn…

This is one from the archives but still pretty funny.  What on earth was happening at the Weyburn pool to require this sign to be posted???

Posted 11 February 2012 § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Arkitypo: The Final Alphabet

If I understand this correctly, a design firm set out to make 3-D models of various typefaces, one for every letter of the alphabet, using all of the letters contained within that typeface.  Or something like that. Oooh, look – pretty!!! (via MetaFilter)

Posted 10 February 2012 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,