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Monthly Archives November 2018

Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates

This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.

Throwback Thursday – Saskatchewan Promotional Video (1985)

Someone posted this on social media and I thought it’d be good for a bit of a different take on my usual Throwback Thursday personal photos…

¶ Posted 08 November 2018 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, youtube

Big Winners of 2018 Midterm Elections

Sure, this clip is from Fox News but with such a beautiful grammar error, how can I not post it? 😉

¶ Posted 07 November 2018 § Humour § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “The war has been incited/And guess what, you’re all invited/And you’re famous/Modernity has failed us”

“Love It If We Made It” – The 1975

¶ Posted 05 November 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

As we head towards a massively important election on Tuesday, I’ve been thinking about the differences between liberals and conservatives. Here’s a couple videos on the differences and why:

¶ Posted 04 November 2018 § News § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Stay-cation

Without a doubt, this has been one of the longest weeks of my life. Time for stay-cation!

¶ Posted 03 November 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – New $245 Million Calgary Central Library Opens

As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Still A Favourite Halloween Memory

This is still one of my favourite Halloween memories of all time. When Pace was around five years old, he was really into Bat-man. He had his costume all picked out so the night before Halloween, I figured out a great way to surprise him. I did a quick late night trip to the nearest pop-up […]