Monthly Archives November 2013

Saturday Snap – Studies in Motion

Sasha has started crawling (there’s an unfortunate face plant at the end of this clip so you may want to stop early if you’re squeamish.) While Sasha has just started being mobile, Pace is pretty much the definition of constant motion…

Friday Fun Link – If You’re Gonna Get Detention, These Are The Ways To Do It.

  I love these (and am particularly sympathetic to the kid who corrected the teacher about a mile being longer than a kilometre and got in trouble for it!) although, as always with the things you read on the Internet, skepticism is important too.

Life Hacks: What’s Something I Can Learn Right Now in Ten Minutes That Will Be Useful for the Rest of My Life?

Various cool life hacks from Quora, Reddit, Buzzfeed, a whole Life Hacks web site  – plus a list of unethical life hacks, also from Reddit.                                                               (I’ll have […]

An Analysis of My YouTube Channel

I’ve been uploading videos to YouTube since 2006.   This was the year we got our first digital camera.  It was also the year when I was doing my Masters degree so I was very interested in all kinds of online services including online broadcasting.  We were also living far from home so it was […]

A Few Ideas for #Riders Merchandise I Want To See Now That They’ve Won The #GreyCup #cfl #yqr

The Riders are already the third most successful team in terms of selling merchandise in Canada, behind only the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Laffs.  That’s partly because there isn’t much you can’t buy without the Riders logo on it. The Riders’ unprecedented success can also be attributed to a significant expansion in products, thanks […]

Music Monday – “Your love is like an ocean/That always takes me home/Whispering wind is blowing/Telling me I’m not alone” #gc101 #greycup #yqr #riders

Well, in the end, the Riders held on to win the Grey Cup yesterday in a game (and really an entire season) that felt pre-destined.  The Grey Cup losses in 2009 & 2010, the Grey Cup being held in Regina for only the third time in its history (and last time at historic Taylor Field), […]

Grey Cup – Will We Win or Lose? One Quarter To Go! #gc101 #riders #greycup #yqr

I couldn’t decide whether to write a blog post before or after the game. So I’m splitting the difference somewhat and writing this near the start of the fourth quarter with the Riders leading 31-16. The Riders dominated the first half but as we saw in 2009, you have to play 60 minutes or else […]

Saturday Snap – Our Family’s #Riders Fandom Over The Past Few Years #gc101 #greycup

Just a few shots of our family enjoying the Riders over the past few years…

Friday Fun Link – The #GreyCup is Fun! #yqr #gc101 #riderville #cfl #riders

Lots of  fun stuff happening during Grey Cup week in Regina as you might imagine. Here’s a few things I’ve come across… This montage of fan-submitted Grey Cup-related photos is pretty cool (and hypnotic!) Cool (literally!) weather advisory from Environment Canada from Environment Canada A local radio station is asking people to party like it’s 1989 (the […]

Flames’ 2004 Stanley Cup Run vs. #Riders 2013 #GreyCup Run

So this week marks the second time in my life that I’ve been living in a city that’s enjoying a run to the championship by a local professional sports team (the Blue Jays’ World Series victories in 1992 & 1993, though memorable, didn’t quite feel the same.) In 2004, Shea and I were in Calgary […]