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Ranking The Top 10 Milestones of a Person’s Life

In exactly one week, Pace starts kindergarten. It’s a cliche but it truly is hard to believe how fast the time has flown. I thought it might be fun to try to rank the major milestones of a person’s life. Other than being born and dying, I know not everyone will hit these milestones but […]

Posted 29 August 2012 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saccarine Sunday – Eight Month Old Has Cochlear Implants Turned On For the First time

This is pretty amazing and heart-melting.(via MetaFilter which has a good discussion of the implications for the deaf community, many of whom are opposed to this type of operation.  Man, I never would've thought there was any question about doing something like this!) 

Posted 07 June 2010 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Generational Sweetspot or Why Your Parents Have Such Bad Taste In Names

Interesting theory on why names come in and go out of fashion – it's tied to generational rebellion.  The names of your own generation sound too ordinary, your parents' too boring, your grandparents' too old. But by the time you make it back to your great-grandparents' names, things start to perk up. You've never known […]

Posted 06 May 2010 § Main Page § Pace ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – What Do Today's Parents Need To Know That Previous Ones Didn't? (March 7, 2010)

Seriously, I think I could start dedicating a day to an Ask MetaFilter Question o' the Day.  (I did ask a category for MetaFilter recently so that's part way there already!)  This one was particularly relevant – what things does a new parent today have to know about/worry about that previous generations didn't? 

Posted 06 March 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Gratitude: A Story of a Computer, Vomit and What It Means To Be A Parent

I linked to this from Facebook and posted it to Redit but thought I'd put it here for posterity as well since it's so good.  (And if I'm serious about a “Sentimental Sunday” recurring post feature, this fits right in!) Gratitude. (via Cathie From Canada)

Posted 07 December 2009 § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

If It Was Good Enough For Genghis (And A List of Controversial Topics)

Shea posted a hilarious anti-breastfeeding article pro-Nestle Fake Milk Formula to her Facebook status with the usual heavy response to anytime this type of topic comes up – from both pro-breastfeeding moms and those who weren't able to or aren't as worked up about the prevalance of formula in our society.  It made me think, […]

Posted 16 October 2009 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

"Dumb Fucks"

No, not another political post…just the funniest story I've seen online in a LONG time.(via Reddit which has more on this subject in the comments for this post.)

Posted 17 June 2009 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Storytime v. Gymnastics

We've put Pace into a few different activities since he was about one year old.  We did a few weeks of swim class (basically, “get used to the water while singing repetitive songs” class) while still in Weyburn last spring.  Over the summer, we did no formal activities (unless “Chase Pace around the campsite” counts) […]

Posted 26 January 2009 § Library § Main Page § Pace ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "Go laddie go, don't you ever forget where you're from"

They say you can't truly know your parents until you become one yourself…

Posted 23 December 2008 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Pace § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (2) °

Friday Fun Link – Books You Probably Shouldn't Buy Your Kids This Christmas (Oct 17, 2008)

And you thought there were a lot of book challenges around the world already!  Funny stuff…

Posted 18 October 2008 § Humour § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: