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Monthly Archives March 2012

Saturday Snap – No Singing Allowed!

Had a bit of a sad day on Friday when we took Pace to a farewell party for him, a couple classmates and one of the teachers at his daycare Pace has gone to Bright Beginnings Daycare since he was eighteen months old – virtually his entire life when you think about it. He started […]

¶ Posted 31 March 2012 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, music

Friday Fun Link – Where Are You on the Global Pay Scale?

This interactive graph allows you to enter your monthly, pre-tax wage then see where you fit against the average wage for your country and other countries around the world. Pretty sobering to see that Shea’s and my current wages put us both above the highest per capita earners in the world (Luxembourg) and makes you […]

¶ Posted 30 March 2012 § FridayFunLink § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

“You Don’t Have To Suffer Alone”

The Leader Post recently featured a revealing article about Regina lawyer, activist and federal NDP candidate, Noah Evanchuk (I’d link to the Wikipedia page I created about him but the bastards at Wikipedia think that being a candidate in a federal election isn’t enough to make you notable unless you win the election. Stupid, made […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2012 § Politics § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, wikipedia

Brad Wall Hates Renewables?

So it’s not a secret that a big part of the booming Saskatchewan economy is due to our massive non-renewable sector – potash and oil mainly but also natural gas and other similar resources at the expense of developing the renewable industry in any meaningful fashion. When we say “renewables”, most people think of things […]

¶ Posted 28 March 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, movies, saskatchewan, television

Canadian Libraries in ALA Library Design Showcase

A number of Canadian libraries were selected for the ALA’s design showcase highlighting diverse areas of excellence including Youth Spaces, Green Facilities, Collaborative Learning and more.

¶ Posted 27 March 2012 § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Music Monday – “We are old/And our son took the dog away/And fair enough/Because we are tired all the time.”

I awoke to this song on community radio this morning. The fact that it infiltrated a dream I was having where a librarian colleague of mine (who is actually married to someone else in real life) was walking down the aisle to this song to meet Jack Layton at the altar (he was still alive […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Some Final Thoughts On The NDP Leadership Race

After four ballots, multiple cyber attack-related delays and Charlie Angus proving that, as a rapper, he makes a pretty good punk rocker! – I’m okay with Thomas Mulcair winning in the end but understand completely how people can feel really frustrated with the result. After all, that’s pretty much how I felt after Dwain Lingenfelter […]

¶ Posted 25 March 2012 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – iPad Photobooth App

Not sure who likes the iPad’s Photobooth app more…

¶ Posted 24 March 2012 § Family § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Celebrities Read Tweets About Themselves

(via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 23 March 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television, twitter

Pimp My iPad

AskMetaFilter weighs in with the best apps for the new iPad. On the other hand, here are some quick negatives after a week’s use: – the app store seems A LOT less useful on the iPad than the iPhone. On the iPhone, it’s really easy to drill down by category in something like Games -> […]