Monthly Archives December 2014

Friday Fun Link – 7 Top Kickstarter Projects Now Available on Amazon

Some really interesting, cool stuff here.

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When Bread Is Bigger Than A Small Child

“I Do Not Believe in Charles Darwin’s Theory of Natural Selection”

Defending Corner Gas

An essay explaining how both “Corner Gas” the TV show and now the movie reflect the best of Canada: In fact the entire movie, about a tiny town going bankrupt, is really about how we, in Canada, react to crisis. It’s about us at our best and worst. The humour is absurdist, never mean-spirited. The […]

Music Monday – “Oh Holy Night” (Ouch!)

Another Christmas classic… “Oh Holy Night” – Eric Cartman

Why Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library

This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can read/watch/listen to.  Period.” To expand on this a bit… I’ve seen patrons watching things that are a lot […]

Saturday Snap – Our Christmas Card House

It wouldn’t put Clark Griswold to shame but I pulled up to our house the other day and thought it looked like something that might appear on the front of a Christmas card (one you get at the Dollar Store but still…) Having the tree right in front of the window is something different we’re […]

Friday Fun Link – Cola Tricks

Fun stuff!

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @OfficialRPL Christmas Party (December 2009)

Hard to believe that this weekend will be the seventh RPL Christmas Party I’ve attended. Here’s some pics from one of the first ones I attended back in 2009… Pace and his daddy in one of my favourite ever pictures of the two of us…   The assembled kids and parents watching a magician perform […]

“Management By Blurt”

I’m always developing personal theories to explain the world as I experience it.  One of my latest is the concept of “Management By Blurt”. What I mean by this is that I’ve increasingly noticed how many people have a very human tendency to “blurt” out an answer when questioned or pressed on an issue, whether our answer […]