The Olympics are over and the reactions are all over the place from claims from a perhaps unexpected source (Dave Bidini, not the National Post) that Canada has been changed for the better forever to claims that the debt will weigh down on our citizens for decades. Anyhow, for today's Music Monday, I thought I'd […]
We're all going to church! 😉
I recently bought a gizmo to convert old VHS tapes and other analog signals to a digital format. As I was getting it set-up for the first time, I picked a couple clips I had from around ten years ago – one where I'm featured fairly prominently and one where you get to see my […]
Rumours were swirling about the top secret torch bearer who would light the Olympic Cauldron during the Opening Ceremonies last Friday. The best suggestion I heard was that they were going to use current video editing techniques or another recently unveiled technology such as a hologram to have Terry Fox “run” into the stadium, symbolically […]
Not sure if you heard but apparently the Wet & Rainy Olympics are in Canada this year and the opening ceremonies are tonight. The Olympics are once again a lightning rod of controversy and having them on our own doorstep has perhaps brought this home in a way that doesn't happen when they're in Italy […]
I really miss the used bookstore scene of London, ON. For all the abuse the city takes for its Ugg-centered social scene and lack of cultural amenities, I always thought Li'l London featured lots of great, quirky bookstores. Attic Books on Dundas was one of my faves…and though I didn't need it, here's another reason […]
…when I win the lottery or become a multi-billion dollar corporation, whichever comes first. (And why is the Alanis song, “Ironic” an ear worm that just burrowed into my brain?)(via MetaFilter)
I love ideas that are revolutionary: “Cheques were issued based on family size and income. That is, the minimum cheque would presume the recipient had no other source of income. From there, it was scaled back in proportion to the household's earnings, but it did not claw back everything the family earned above the minimum […]
The person who submitted this Letter to the Editor to the Calgary Herald didn't give their title. But I suspect it might be “Agent for Henry Burris”.
Linking to this post is becoming another annual blog tradition… I don't know if the Army was where Grandpa got into the habit of wearing his hats just slightly askew but it was something he did for the rest of his life. And without guidance or instruction from us, Pace has picked up the same […]
