Monthly Archives April 2019

Saturday Snap – Rain Beatles Tribute in #yqr #raintribute

As a huge Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the “Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles” show earlier this week, especially since they played much of the Abbey Road album (which is my favourite Beatles album) in this version of their ongoing touring show.

Friday Fun Link – The NHL’s Best Team Was Swept in Four Games…

..which makes the fact that the NHL’s second-best team, the Calgary Flames, lost in *five* games after a disastrous performance tonight only slightly less painful. I guess I’ll always have the regular season. 🙁

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #9 – Politics

  When I was a kid, my single most disliked show on television was “Question Period“. It was on CTV, late on Sunday afternoons, and after a weekend of cartoons, Disney specials, movies, pro wrestling and hockey (er, I probably watched too much TV as a kid!), I hated that weekends in my two-channel universe […]

Crash! My History With Technology’s Inevitable End

Had a scary moment this morning when my laptop wouldn’t charge and even crashed a couple times when I tried to get it working.  But luckily it appears that my charging block had simply stopped working and a new one seems to have things running smoothly again (considering I’m still running a 2011-era MacBook Pro […]

Best Overall Team in Regular Season, Tampa Bay Lightning, Swept In First Round of Playoffs

I occasionally do a post with my picks at the start of the NHL playoffs. I forgot to do so this year but it’s probably not worth it as quite a few series aren’t going the way I’d expected – my Calgary Flames are struggling after winning the Western Conference title in the regular season, […]

Music Monday – “I have lost my way/But I hear tell/About a heaven in Alberta/Where they’ve got all hell for a basement”

These aren’t my photos but I thought this montage of Alberta shots – in all its natural beauty and manmade ugliness – was appropriate with the big election coming up tomorrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUN0tQ5BINU “All Hell For A Basement” – Big Sugar

Bowling Birthday

Her actual birthday is on Tuesday but we had great fun at Sasha’s “bowling birthday” today. (And as an aside, as someone who dabbles in creative writing, I love studying the ebbs and flows in the popularity of names from generation to generation.)

Saturday Snap – “Go Outside to Play and Don’t Come Home Until Supper!”

We didn’t actually tell her that but Sasha’s been doing it old school today – being outside between our yard and the neighbours’ playing with their kids all day. This is a pic I took over the fence.  I wonder if they’re making plans for havoc during Sasha’s birthday party tomorrow???

Friday Fun Link – Exploring Acquisitions with Coteau Books

Pretty proud to be a board member for this organization and if we’re thinking of fun, one of the most enjoyable parts of the job is having the opportunity to have a say in which manuscripts become published books!  

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #8 – Smalltown Saskatchewan

My standard line about farming is that, for whatever reason, I grew up more passionate about books than barley and more interested in computers than combines. With that said, I feel very fortunate that I grew up in a rural community as part of a farming family. I also managed to luck into getting the […]