Feeling nostalgic today… Myself with the board of the Saskatchewan Publishers Group in 1999… Me with the board of the Saskatchewan Book Awards circa 1999-2000 Various co-workers from the offices shared by the Sask Writers Guild, Sask Publishers Group and Sask Library Association… Me with the board of the Writers Guild of Alberta… […]
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In One Month, I Hope To Have A Similar Clip of Pace and/or Sasha…
I keep watching this clip with them over and over to make sure their moves are ready! đ
Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr
When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing an ad for a “Cross-Canada Adventure”.  After landing in the maritimes, you would take a coach through Quebec and […]
How Secular Parenting Stacks Up
Pretty well actually… I could basically cut & paste the whole article as it’s all relevant but here are a few of my favourite sections… The results of such secular child-rearing are encouraging. Studies have found that secular teenagers are far less likely to care what the âcool kidsâ think, or express a need to […]
Friday Fun Link – AllTheMinutes (Twitter Clock)
You may want to turn your Mute button but otherwise, the site AllTheMinutes.com is pretty cool. It shows a clock comprised of live tweets (one per second) from people around the world who have mentioned the current time. Great insight into the boring everyday lives of humanity (at least those who use Twitter!)
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 1987 RPL Newsletter
A co-worker retired this week and brought a copy of the internal staff newsletter that featured her on its cover back in 1987!
When You Have a Trip Planned…
…it’s funny to consider the videos you find yourself watching for any sort of preview of what your own experience will be like! đ
The Story of a Bedtime
So tonight was fairly routine at the start… Pace has his snack while watching videos on the iPad. Shea reads Sasha a story and then nurses her before putting her to bed. Sasha immediately starts crying in her crib as she’s been doing lately. I go check on Sasha and she’s got a wet diaper […]
Music Monday – “We got the kinda love/A blind man can see” (American Idol’s Best Audition So Far This Season)
American Idol is one of my guilty pleasures. Â It’s fascinating how they put together the show – especially the audition rounds to add narratives to what is otherwise a series of very similar clips. Â For example, they’ll show a montage of one judge being mean to every contestant only to cut to them being blown […]