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“I am very real” – Kurt Vonnegut Addresses The Teacher and School Board That Burned His Book

A great defence of the freedom to read by my favourite author when a North Dakota community burns his book.  More at MetaFilter. In completely unrelated news, we’re off to Minot, ND for a weekend of water slides, shopping and America-only treats like Pandora and Cherry Coke.  😉

Posted 05 April 2012 § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – No Singing Allowed!

Had a bit of a sad day on Friday when we took Pace to a farewell party for him, a couple classmates and one of the teachers at his daycare Pace has gone to Bright Beginnings Daycare since he was eighteen months old – virtually his entire life when you think about it.  He started […]

Posted 31 March 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – iPad Photobooth App

Not sure who likes the iPad’s Photobooth app more…

Posted 24 March 2012 § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

This is a post from the new iPad (aka iPad 3 aka iPad HD)

Probably not surprising that I really like it so far. Stood in line to buy it Friday morning and the best part was chatting with the other hardcore nerds who easily put my geek ness to shame (or maybe wishful thinking?). Anyhow, on a different note, here’s a photo of the jambalaya we had for […]

Posted 18 March 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Trex-fast

Posted 17 March 2012 § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

On Tipping in Cuba

Chris Turner, author of the Hammy winning book, “The Leap”, has an outstanding article in the latest issue of The Walrus about the unique relationship between Canada and Cuba which captures, way better than I ever could, much of the mixed emotions you feel as a wealthy Canadian tourist in Cuba – are you helping […]

Posted 14 March 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Saturday Snaps – Telemiracle, Telemundo, Tell A Kid To Do Something

Due to a couple large corporate donations and a $1.4 million bequest from a retired farmer, last weekend’s Telemiracle was the most successful of all-time. (Minor claim to fame – I was the guy who added the annual totals section to the Wikipedia entry – yay me!) One of the highlights of watching this show […]

Posted 10 March 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – How Could I Ever Forget the Happiest Day of My Life?

Well, other than wishing you a Happy Anniversary on Saturday.  😉 But when you have three anniversary dates to keep track of, that’s to be expected.  In fact, re-reading that entry about our three anniversaries, it looks like this wasn’t the first time I was early with my anniversary wishes! Anyhow, nine years and counting […]

Posted 06 March 2012 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2012 – Saturday Snap – Pace’s First Book

Last year, I capped my week-long Freedom to Read Week series with a post where I mentioned that Pace had written his name for the first time ever.  That led me to ruminate on what a major milestone this is and how illiteracy is another “big picture” form of censorship beyond the “banned books”-type issues […]

Posted 03 March 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Our Li’l Metalhead

Ahhh, how sweet… But in all seriousness, “Cum On Feel the Noize” plays a very big role in my early “education”. A classmate was making a poster for a school dance in elementary school and I, being Mr. Brainiac Smart-pants, mentioned his obvious mis-spelling of the word “Come” on the poster. So, with the patience […]

Posted 25 February 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: