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Monthly Archives June 2014

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Full Circle (November 2007)

This is a picture of me sitting at the circulation desk of the Indian Head branch library that I grew up with and ended up as supervisor for in my first job after doing my Master of Library Science degree.

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my own two-sentence answer would be something like this: When I was a kid, my friend and I were really into Greek mythology. He pointed out that the […]

¶ Posted 18 June 2014 § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: atheism, history, language, philosophy

Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day

Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward. Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying $40/month for calls to and from both sets of parents (which we can still do with our smartphones) and otherwise, 90% of our calls were spammers, surveys, […]

¶ Posted 17 June 2014 § Family § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sasha § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, television

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for all you’ve done/I never felt like I went without with what I had/And I’m proud to be your son/And I’m proud to call you my dad”

A video I made a couple years back which has a Father’s Day theme… “Pier 21” – John Wort Hannam

¶ Posted 16 June 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, music, parents

“Some Reasons” Redux… (aka Happy Father’s Day To My Dad!)

Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become. It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog. And since dad turned 70 this […]

¶ Posted 15 June 2014 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Saturday Snap – Happy Father’s Day (One Day Early)

To my own dad and to the kid who made me a dad for the first time (Sasha would’ve been in this photo too but she was back in the campsite doing a really good job of staying away from the water!)

¶ Posted 14 June 2014 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]

¶ Posted 14 June 2014 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Shea and Jason at West Edmonton Mall in August 2000

In my never-ending quest to have a theme for each day of the week that eliminates the need to put actual thought into my daily blog posts, I’m going to try out the Throwback Thursday theme that’s so popular on Twitter and Facebook these days. And as an extra bonus, I don’t even have to […]

¶ Posted 12 June 2014 § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, holiday

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]