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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Before Target, There Was Zellers (September 2009)

Target is now closed for good in Regina after teaching a lesson in how not to run a business. (I still remember reading an interview with some Target big wig right before they opened who said something like: “Oh, we don’t intend to have lower prices than our competition. We’ll price to match the market.”) Even if […]

¶ Posted 02 April 2015 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Friday Fun Link – #NHL Tankathon

The Playoff Race isn’t the only exciting part of this year’s NHL season. The race for the bottom to see who drafts first overall and takes Connor McDavid, projected as the first generational superstar since Sidney Crosby, is heating up as well. Behold the Tankathon!

¶ Posted 13 March 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, hockey, ontario

Q&A With the Selfie Stick’s Unsung Canadian Inventor

These things (presumably some originals and some knock-offs) were fairly common sights in Punta Cana though not ubiquitous by any measure either.

¶ Posted 03 March 2015 § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Maid of the Mist, Niagara Falls (Summer 2006)

Shea and I got to Niagara Falls a couple times during the year I spent in Ontario completing my MLIS. This was during our summer visit…

¶ Posted 08 January 2015 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Music Monday – Honoring Our Parents: The Legacy of Residential Schools

There’s a popular story making the rounds on social media to help people in positions of privilege understand exactly what the concept means and what it affords them. The essence of the story is that a high school teacher sets a recycling bin at the front of the room then gives his students wads of paper […]

¶ Posted 05 January 2015 § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – New Copyright Laws Come Into Effect Today (On An Unrelated Note, Here’s Some Info On How To Torrent Without Your ISP Being Able to Identify You)

A new law comes into effect today which requires ISPs to forward letters to their customers that media companies suspect of pirating movies, music and other digital content via IP addresses connected to those files. On a completely unrelated note, here’s a thread on Reddit about ways that people can torrent files without your ISP knowing […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, economics

Friday Fun Link – Edmonton Is No Good

The Calgary Flames are having an amazing year as they move past the the quarter way point and head towards the halfway point of the season with no signs (well, maybe one or two) that they’re going to fall back to earth. Being in a re-build mode and with predictions of a bottom 5 finish […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2014 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Southernmost Point in Canada (2006)

Shea and I at Point Pelee, Ontario, the southernmost point in mainland Canada…

¶ Posted 04 December 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ontario

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for what you did for me/I can see things now I never would have seen”

Having a real Spirit of the West run of posts lately. Here’s another one – the first video they ever shot from their official YouTube channel… “Political” – Spirit of the West

¶ Posted 24 November 2014 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Spirit of the West’s John Mann Dancing

I recently wrote about the sad news that Spirit of the West lead singer, John Mann, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Without being too hyperbolic, I have to say there aren’t many bands that have played as big of a role in my life as Spirit of the West – everything from the […]