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Monthly Archives September 2012

What Bill Clinton Wrote vs. What Bill Clinton Said

For anyone interested in the art of speechwriting, this article provides some excellent insight into Bill Clinton’s additions and ad-libs during his speech at the Democratic National Convention and how, almost without fail, his changes greatly improved the speech.

Posted 30 September 2012 § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – This would be a nice photo…

…if Pace didn’t feel the need to pull a face anytime you point a camera at him!

Posted 29 September 2012 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 5-Star Wrestling Matches

I’m tempting to use the “Xmas” tag on this one. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer newsletter is like the Roger Ebert of reviewing wrestling matches.  This Reddit thread contains links to almost all of the matches Meltzer has given the highly coveted and very rare 5 Star rating.  Quite a trip down memory lane […]

Posted 28 September 2012 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Punching Above Your Weight” For The Next #skndpldr

“Punching above your weight” is a common phrase for when a person performs above what might naturally be expected of their position. In Saskatchewan, you might expect our political leaders to be limited because of a variety of factors – our huge geography, our small population and our naturally humble nature. 😉 But instead, our […]

Posted 27 September 2012 § Canada § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Pace’s First Scholastic School Book Order

Another big school-related milestone for Pace… (Man, I loved getting books from Scholastic as a kid!)

Posted 26 September 2012 § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

A Few AskReddit Book Threads

What is the best non-fiction book you’ve ever read? Good fiction about mental illness? Suggestions to get a male non-reader more into books? Reddit’s Favourite Books: The Master List – a Redditor goes through a bunch of popular book recommendation threads and uses the up votes of the books in each to compile a master […]

Posted 25 September 2012 § Internet § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Meili Monday – Alberta Bound

Not sure if you saw but Ryan Meili’s campaign is using Storify, a cool little tool that allows people and organizations to easily create a chronological timeline, pulling in content from Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google and other sources. Ryan’s most recent Storify update includes a section on his presentation at the Alberta NDP convention as […]

Posted 24 September 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

A Quick Note on Online Polls in the #skndpldr Leadership Race

I hadn’t written about this last week because I didn’t want to come across as complaining just because Ryan didn’t do well during the first online polls conducted by CTV in Saskatoon and Regina about the leadership race. But I saw that Accidental Jurist wrote about how online polls can indicate a candidate’s support today but neglected […]

Posted 23 September 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap (Classic) – An Obscene Children’s Toy

Found this funny clip while looking at some old videos we had from when Pace was little…

Posted 22 September 2012 § Baby § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – @RyanMeili ‘s #skndpldr campaign launch video

A couple nice touches – how the words of the three endorsers blend into one and also that shot near the end of the two babies “talking”.

Posted 21 September 2012 § FridayFunLink § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: