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Music Monday – “If god takes you/He leaves a huge footprint of love/And kindness behind/Which is where you once stood.”

One last Christmas song (okay, two in one clip – lucky you!) After watching this, you should immediately go buy the Hawksley Workman Christmas album. He just released a re-recorded, more acoustic version of the album but I prefer the original. (Oh, and I should make an admission. Even though I’m an atheist, I do […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, cool, holiday, travel

Reasons Greetings!

On December 25, people around the world celebrate the birth of a man whose ideas not only changed the world but revolutionized it. Although the man’s religious beliefs evolved and changed over time, that doesn’t change the fact that he is widely regarded as one of the most influential people to ever have lived. I […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2011 § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: atheism, history, holiday, science

Saturday Snap – Pace Recites “The Night Before Christmas” (With Some Help From Daddy)

This is actually from last Christmas but I thought it was appropriate to put up this year, especially since my “Saturday Snap” falls on Christmas Eve. (If Pace’s variations on the original aren’t drastic enough for you, there’s also this.)

¶ Posted 24 December 2011 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute, holiday, language

Fortuna, North Dakota

In addition to web-based options, there are numerous businesses in communities just across the US-Canada border which have found a sideline in accepting parcels on behalf of Canadian clients who want items that can’t be shipped outside of the United States. Today, we visited the local bar in Fortuna, North Dakota (pop: 22) to retrieve […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2011 § MemoryLane § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, travel, unitedstates

Love Actually – Which Couple Actually Stays Together The Longest? (And Other Christmas Traditions)

Entertainment Weekly has a poll on which of the many inter-connected couples in my favourite Christmas movie, “Love, Actually” actually stays together the longest with Jamie and Aurelia (the writer and his assistant) currently with a comfortable lead of 40% of votes cast. They did independently decide to learn each others’ language so that’s some […]

¶ Posted 21 December 2011 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, movies

Saturday Snap – Small Santa

“Santa” makes an unannounced visit to deliver presents (toys gathered from his room into one of his pillow cases) to Shea and I:

¶ Posted 17 December 2011 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

Saturday Snap – Morning Cuddle

¶ Posted 10 December 2011 § Humour § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Social Travel

I was going to do a “one month since the provincial election” post but couldn’t find a giant “What The Fuck Was That?” graphic (which is pretty much all I could think to say about that beatdown, even a month later anyhow!) So instead, here’s a recent post from TechCrunch about the growing importance of […]

¶ Posted 07 December 2011 § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan, travel, unitedstates

Music Monday – “I really like Christmas/It’s sentimental I know/But I just really like it/I’m hardly religious/I’d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu/To be honest”

I’m planning to post a month of Music Monday Xmas tunes, starting with this great atheist-themed Christmas song originally posted by my friend Cenobyte last year on Facebook or her blog (I don’t think I ended up posting it last year but if I did, it’s worth listening to again!)

¶ Posted 05 December 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: atheism, holiday, music

Sunday Snap – Can You Spot The Difference? (Xmas Edition)

Pace had two Christmas parties today – one at his karate club from 1-3pm and one at the library from 2-4pm. Due to good scheduling by all involved, we were able to participate in Santa visits at both locations. Pace has already been apprised of the fact that Santa, although magical and mystical in all […]