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Monthly Archives June 2016

Friday Fun Link – Getting Excited For @GarthBrooks in Saskatoon! #yxe

I’m not going to post a picture of Sasha running around the house naked in a cowboy hat but I can tell you that she’s not even going to the concert yet her parents’ excitement must be contagious. Mommy was singing and dancing in the kitchen, daddy dug through his old CDs to find the various […]

Posted 10 June 2016 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Moments That Have Defined The US Primaries @hillaryclinton @berniesanders @donaldtrump #politics #uspoli #primaries #election

Here’s a list of some the most memorable moments from this wild and wacky primary season. For the record, here’s the list Trump launches his campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” The Bernie movement is born Trump attacks a Fox journalist saying “blood coming out of her…wherever” Bernie doesn’t take opportunity to attack Clinton on e-mails in […]

Posted 08 June 2016 § List § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (4) °

What Could @BernieSanders Have Done Differently To Beat @hillaryclinton? #primaryday #politics #feelthebern #notmeus

So last night, the Associated Press announced that they’d surveyed all Democratic super-delegates and there were enough who indicated previously undeclared support for Hillary Clinton that AP was ready to consider her the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee prior to today’s votes in California, New Jersey and a handful of other states. Journalist Glenn Greenwald summarizes […]

Posted 07 June 2016 § List § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Silent now but you used to laugh before”

In 1990, just before they got massive, The Tragically Hip played a small club in Regina called “The Venue”.  Someone put a video camera on one of the balconies in the club and has now posted some of this historically valuable footage. Here’s a clip of an unreleased early song called “Night Comes Down” (or “Night […]

Posted 06 June 2016 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Hmm, Maybe I Should Do More Political Blogging?

My post about #elbowgate got shared out by a few well-connected people on a couple different social media sites and ended up getting, oh, about a zillion times more traffic to that one post than my blog posts usually get.

Posted 05 June 2016 § Blog § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – They Don’t Fit!

Sasha tried to help me get my shoes on the other day…

Posted 04 June 2016 § Family § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 25 Fascinating Charts of Negotiation Styles Around The World

Very interesting.

Posted 03 June 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Dad and His Classic Car (early 1960’s?)

Usually for Throwback Thursday, I find a photo from sometime between 2006 (when I got my first digital camera) and now. But just like last week when I found a pic of Shea and her mom when Shea was quite young, I stumbled upon another older photo in my archives – my dad with what […]

Posted 02 June 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Sometimes it hits me at random moments…

…how amazing it is that Shea gave birth to two beautiful, amazing babies. Today was one of those days so I just wanted to share!

Posted 01 June 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: