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Monthly Archives November 2012

The Future #skndpldr Cabinet

Others have weighed in with their thoughts on the first All-Candidates Forum (and one thing that is clear from the varied commentary I’ve seen online and heard directly from others) is that no one really “won” the debate and instead, by the end of the night, the (relatively) equal footing of the various candidates so […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, saskatchewan

This is just to say

I have written this blog that began in the oughties and which has gone on now for 2500 near-daily posts Forgive me the posts were delicious so sweet and so cold

¶ Posted 19 November 2012 § Blog § MemoryLane § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

2012 Tesla Model S Electric Car Wins MotorTrend “Car of the Year” Award by Unanimous Vote

The Tesla company which produces electric cars and which Mitt Romney infamously labelled a “loser” after Barack Obama’s government invested in it, recently won MotorTrend’s “Car of the Year” award by unanimous vote which was also the first win by an electric car in the 64-year history of the award. (Now who’s laughing, Mitt?) Now I […]

¶ Posted 18 November 2012 § Jobs § Politics § Randomness § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, science, travel, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Re-gyne-ah

Here’s me teaching a new Assistive Technology program we got at the library how to pronounce Regina…

¶ Posted 17 November 2012 § Humour § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Love Everybody

A pretty heart-warming video, even if I’ve been trained to be cynical enough about videos like this that at the end I thought it was probably a viral video for Coke! (Turns out it’s a charitable foundation called Love Everybody). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0fAnwX76aI (via LyinRPL)

¶ Posted 16 November 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: cool, cute, travel

Battle of the #skndpldr YouTube Videos

Just before the Sask NDP leadership campaign started, I compared a variety of social media metrics for each of the potential candidates. Now that we’re a couple months into things, I thought I’d revisit this idea but with a twist. Instead of looking up all of the numbers (and how they’ve changed) for each candidate […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2012 § Internet § Meme § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

Genius: The Nickelback Story

Very interesting story about how Nickelback has gone from Hanna, AB to one of the biggest and most successful bands on earth.

¶ Posted 14 November 2012 § Canada § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, music

Some Atheism-Related Political Articles

Penn Jillette with a great monologue/rant about various aspects of religion & politics and where they intersect – from how most “Christians” have united under a single banner in the last 40 years at the expense of early atheists like Mark Twain to the growing influence of non-believers in politics plus Mitt Romney’s magic underwear […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2012 § Humour § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, history, language, philosophy, rant, unitedstates

@ryanMeili Monday – Who Best Represents Change For the Sask NDP? (It Depends On How Much Change You Want) #skndpldr

I recently had a very interesting conversation with a high-level supporter of another Sask NDP candidate. I made some comment about the NDP being in a great position to renew itself with all of the great young candidates that are running. He replied something along the lines that “only your candidate is talking renewal.” That […]