Monthly Archives September 2019

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics (CBC The Fifth Estate) #cndpoli #elxn43

 

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Ten Kids in a Tub

One of my favourite pictures at our family cottage is this Anne Geddes picture. My dad has nine siblings and since this photo showed ten babies, all ten of the kids in his family were able to sign their name, in birth order, from left to right. I’ve said it before but it always amazes […]

How To Talk To Kids About Race

 

Unfortunately, I Know I’d Be Easier To Catch Than The Road Runner!

I make the occasional run out to Indian Head and around the Qu’Appelle Valley and after my parents won a few free oil changes at the local car dealership and offered me one, I had an excuse for another road trip yesterday after I got the kids off to school. The free oil change turned […]

Music Monday – “Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift/I headed down the highway/Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift/And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave”

Easily my favourite song of the year (I can’t believe I haven’t posted it before!) “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe

Secular Sunday – An Undeniable Prognosis (Best Atheist Arguments)

 

Saturday Snap – Building A Playground Is Building A Community

With our respective schedules, Shea and I end up with one Friday off together each month. Yesterday, we did some errands in the morning then went over to our kids’ school where, after years of fundraising by the Student Community Council, they were finally about to build a new playground structure with the help of […]

Friday Fun Link – Quick Draw With Google

This is a pretty fun game (especially if you don’t think about the implications of millions of humans training Google’s AI systems so tech companies can control us more!) πŸ˜‰

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Going South (February 2015)

Our family on a plane heading to the Dominican Republic in 2015 (and part of how we afford our holidays?Β  I still wear that same t-shirt four years later!) πŸ˜‰

The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?

9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters onΒ  r/conspiracy. πŸ™‚