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Secular Sunday – A dying man’s thoughts on stardust, a fortunate life, making the world a better place, and the randomness of it all.

Someone posted a link to this essay on FB and I wanted to repost the whole thing here as I thought it was very well-written and thought-provoking… Clarifying my final weeks Journal entry by Erik Olin Wright — Jan 18, 2019 Yesterday, I had a bone marrow biopsy to see if there were any prospects at all of […]

¶ Posted 20 January 2019 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, health, language, philosophy

Saturday Snap – A bit of a winter storm tonight meant…

…we basically had the rink to ourselves for public skating. Pretty fun!

¶ Posted 19 January 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, hockey, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Moose Jaw Engages In A Battle of the “Meese”

In a province where we take pride in our large roadside attractions, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan has long prided itself on having the world’s largest moose. Except that a few years ago, those dirty bastard Norwegians have raised the ante(lers) by erecting a moose statue that is Max the Moose (by 31 cm) compared to Moose Jaw’s […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2019 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Read (June 2010)

Pace modeling my new Friends of VPL “read” cap that we got on a three week vacation to BC a few years back…

¶ Posted 17 January 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, holiday, travel

“It Smells Like Piss Water and the Starch From Noodles Boiling”

So after a month or so of pretty heavy holiday season indulgence with a variety of delicious craft beers, I’ve switched to this delightful “dad beer” for the foreseeable future. Yum?

¶ Posted 16 January 2019 § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, health, holiday, xmas

10 Reasons Mexico Is Safer For Tourists Than You Think

One of the most common questions I hear when we tell people we’ve gone to Mexico multiple times over the years (and are going again this year) is, “Is it safe?” It seems there are daily news stories about drug cartels’ influence on the highest levels of government and horror stories of mass shootings with these […]

¶ Posted 15 January 2019 § Canada § List § News § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, health, history, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “She asked me to change the station/Said the song just drove her insane/But it weren’t just the music playing/It was me that she was trying to blame”

“Far From Me” – John Prine

¶ Posted 14 January 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Johnny Gaudreau Best Dangles

God, the Flames are so much fun to watch this year, in large part due to this guy who’s now getting consideration for the Hart Trophy! (In completely unrelated news, we went skating at the local outdoor rink today and I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of 12 year olds doing […]

¶ Posted 13 January 2019 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Saturday Snap – A Nice Note From #yqr @sarcanrecycling

Had a fun moment at Sarcan today. Earlier this week, we finally got around to trying their “Drop & Go” option where you can just leave your cans and bottles with some kiosk-generated tags then, a few days later, you later get a call that a cheque is ready. This is way easier than waiting in […]