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“Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare” – School Shooting in La Loche

Definitely not a “Friday Fun Link” day today with news of a shocking shooting at a school in northern Saskatchewan which killed four people (not five as many early reports stated) with others injured. Here are some random thoughts… Reading online comments, many right wing Americans are calling out Obama for saying “This doesn’t happen […]

¶ Posted 22 January 2016 § News § Randomness § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

¶ Posted 15 January 2016 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, travel, unitedstates

#NannyGate is Really #HypocrisyGate

So there’s a mini-scandal blowing up after it was revealed that Justin Trudeau has not one but two nannies on his payroll. Liberals and other defenders have been quick to point out that the number of people on Trudeau’s personal staff (6) is no different than Stephen Harper’s. Or that Trudeau has arguably the most […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2015 § Family § Jobs § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Ground Crew De-Ices a Frozen Plane

I couldn’t resist posting this…

¶ Posted 01 December 2015 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, travel

Bryan Trottier: A Letter To My Younger Self

This is a great article by one of my favourite NHL players of all-time on one of my two favourite teams – from the anecdotes about not just playing pond hockey in rural Saskatchewan but his dad clearing a beaver dam to make it happen to the leadership lessons of “Badger” Bob Johnson with his relentless […]

¶ Posted 24 November 2015 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, orgdevl, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “So let’s open up a bottle of whiskey/And make a toast to better days/Then I’ll crank out a tune and by the light of the moon/I will dance on Stephen Harper’s Grave.

Hard to believe the election was a month ago already. I had this one bookmarked to post on Election Night but got caught up live blogging the election instead. But now’s just as good as then! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOh3UYQ8Mo8 “Stephen Harper’s Grave” – John Muller

¶ Posted 23 November 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, t19

Remembrance Day Takes Many Forms

Remembrance Day is when I think of my Grandpa Peet, a WWII veteran more than any day of the year. And he was at the front of my thoughts even more than usual over the last couple days with the news that one of his three remaining siblings, my Great Uncle Bobby, had passed away in […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2015 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, travel

+14 on November 8? Wow. #yqr

I can’t find it now but a few years back, I posted a graphic showing the forecast for December 24, 25 & 26 which all showed +4. Today is along the same lines – we’re having double digit plus temperatures well into November and today might be the warmest day yet. A couple friends on […]