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Going Green in Calgary Centre? I Hope So (And I Don’t Care Who Knows!)

This is probably not a great thing to admit to while not only doing a lot of writing about but also heavily volunteering for one of four NDP leadership candidates here in Saskatchewan. But I have to admit that if I still lived in Calgary Centre, I’m fairly certain I’d be voting for the Green […]

Music Thursday?

So MeiliMondays have replaced Music Monday for the last couple months which is cool and fine but makes me want to just post a really awesome song now and again. This little clip, a song I’m sure I’ve posted before but can’t find because I cleverly post song lyrics instead of song titles for those […]

¶ Posted 22 November 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

Genius: The Nickelback Story

Very interesting story about how Nickelback has gone from Hanna, AB to one of the biggest and most successful bands on earth.

¶ Posted 14 November 2012 § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, music

Brules, Belgium (For Remembrance Day)

I came across this graphic last January but immediately thought how it would be a perfect post for Remembrance Day…

¶ Posted 11 November 2012 § Family § Sad § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, travel

Saturday Snap – Other Than “Being Canadian” and Also “Being Five”, Pace is Totally Voting Obama!

This is the CBC story from the Regina Coronation Park & Democrats Abroad US Election viewing party last Tuesday. (You can also play “spot the Jason” and “spot the Shea” in the background of a few shots.) This is probably also a good place to record some recent Pace cuteness/genius moments: related to the election, […]

¶ Posted 10 November 2012 § Family § Pace § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, history, saskatchewan, unitedstates

@ryanMeili Monday Redux – Punching Above Your Weight as #skndpldr #nyc #manhattan

With Ryan Meili in New York today for the launch of “A Healthy Society” at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan at 7pm (and with him getting some pretty high profile attention via a post by Niki Ashton on Michael Moore’s web site), I thought it might be worth re-posting a link to an earlier blog post […]

¶ Posted 05 November 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, saskatchewan, travel, unitedstates

Canada Reads 2013 Releases Top 10 Books By Region

Lots of interesting looking books on this list.

¶ Posted 01 November 2012 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: book

Will Ferguson Wins #Giller Prize, Is All Around Good Guy #canlit

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, the biggest part of my job was probably working with beginning and emerging writers. So you can imagine my surprise when the phone rang one day and I heard a voice on the other end of the line say: “Jason, it’s Will, Will Ferguson calling.” He […]

¶ Posted 30 October 2012 § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book, cool

First Snow of the Year

The only version of Hawksley Workman’s “First Snow of the Year” I could find on YouTube right now is copyright controlled so instead, you get a kids’ choir version (which actually adds to the winter/Christmas feel!) One question I haven’t resolved – when I do my annual “first snow of the year” post, what defines […]

¶ Posted 10 October 2012 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, music, saskatchewan, science, weather

Why You Can Still Celebrate Thanksgiving (Even If You Hate Colonialism)

I’m not sure if the person who wrote this article about feeling conflicted at Thanksgiving is First Nations (or Aboriginal/Indian/Native depending on who you’re talking to and/or what country – or part of the country – you’re in) but the person who posted it to Facebook definitely is which is part of the reason I […]