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Monthly Archives October 2015

RIP Koko

It’s been a month since we lost our cat, Koko, very suddenly. Although she seemed to have lost a bit of weight in the days preceding her death, we chocked this up to her being outside so much in the nice weather.  She had otherwise been fine with no obvious symptoms of illness.  But then, […]

Posted 28 October 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

An Illustration of European Asylum Seekers

Although it looks somewhat like an outtake from the new Star Wars movie, there’s a very serious reality behind Lucify.com’s site that illustrates the flow of asylum seekers from Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East over the past three years.  (via Reddit)

Posted 27 October 2015 § Infographic § News § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Eight days and a clash on the number four/Three witnesses blown up high/My sentence will be done/You can call me a son for wondering why?” @colterwall @premierbradwall

Colter Wall is a Saskatchewan musician who is getting a lot of attention lately, at least in part due to a positive mention by WWE/UFC superstar, Brock Lesnar who used a Wall song in a recent promo video as well as some of his music being included on the “Dog the Bounty Hunter” show. Wall’s first album is […]

Posted 26 October 2015 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

“America Would Probably Drop $7 Billion on a Clock To Display Our Deficit” – The Daily Show on the Canadian Election

Posted 25 October 2015 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Pumpkin Kids

Posted 24 October 2015 § Family § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The Nostalgia Machine

The Nostalgia Machine will generate a playlist for the year you were born (or any other year – want to re-live your high school prom?  The year you got married?)

Posted 23 October 2015 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Craig Oliver’s Rant on Stephen Harper During CTV’s #elxn42 Coverage (And Some Other Random Coverage)

So I’m slowly planning to transition back to regular blogging but right now, I’m still obsessively reading posts and news stories about the election: Mulcair was to blame! No, he wasn’t! Harper Was To Blame! No, really – Harper Was To Blame! Top 15 No-Brainers for Justin Trudeau Trudeau’s “Just Watch Me!” note about beating […]

Posted 22 October 2015 § Canada § List § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) °

Some Final Election Thoughts #elxn42 #canpoli #cndpoli

So, having had a couple nights to sleep on it (barely on the night of the election – I was up until after midnight waiting for final results in Regina-Lewvan which the NDP won by 143 votes then woke up at 6am having weird dream/nightmares about the election result), here are a few closing thoughts […]

Posted 21 October 2015 § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

T-1: Live Blogging the Election #elxn42 #canpoli #cndpoli

So, I thought I might have something profound to say for my final post in this series. But, as I sit here at 6pm on election night, watching election results (CTV on TV, CBC streaming on YouTube) plus about half a dozen other web sites open in my browser, and after spending most of the […]

Posted 19 October 2015 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

T-2: One Final Reason To Vote ABC (Anybody But Conservative) #elxn42 #canpoli #cndpoli

Stephen Harper is arguably the worst Prime Minister in Canadian history. Investigative journalist Michael Harris, author of Party of One, the bestseller about Harper’s tenure, believes so. “There is something very Stalinesque about Harper,” remarks Harris. “My bottom line on this guy is, he hates democracy. He doesn’t care about truth and cares only about […]

Posted 18 October 2015 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,