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Secular Sunday – A Rare Atheist Prayer

We’re in Edmonton on holidays. The downtown is like a war-zone due to all the construction. Through the mists of concrete dust in the air, you can see the beautiful Rogers Place. By all accounts, Rogers is the nirvana of NHL arenas. The Oilers are on a five-game winning streak after getting a new coach. […]

Posted 20 February 2022 § Humour § Photo § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Artist At Work

Posted 19 February 2022 § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Off To Edmonton

Would love to be heading to Mexico or Cuba but instead, we’re off to Edmonton for a “hot” holiday for a week. I may or may not post through the week.

Posted 18 February 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “We’re gonna spite our noses/Right off of our faces/There won’t be nothin’ but big old hearts/Dancin’ in our eyes.”

Any woman who would let me play this song as a “Last Dance” song at the end of the night during our wedding reception (to counter-point our first dance song) is okay by me. Happy Valentine’s Day, Shea!  Love you very much! “In Spite Of Ourselves” – John Prine

Posted 14 February 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fantasyland Hotel (February 2014)

With international travel still a bit uncertain (especially if you ended up having to extend your stay due to a positive test at the destination or isolate when you got home), we’ve decided to book a trip to Edmonton where we haven’t been since 2014.  We leave in a week and are getting pretty excited…

Posted 10 February 2022 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – 10 Facts About Atheists

I resemble some of these remarks… Where do atheists find meaning in life? Like a majority of Americans, most atheists mentioned “family” as a source of meaning when Pew Research Center asked an open-ended question about this in a 2017 survey. But atheists were far more likely than Christians to describe hobbies as meaningful or satisfying (26% vs. […]

Posted 06 February 2022 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – #WhyIMissedTheProtestForFreedom #FluTrucksKlan

First, my wife and I took our daughter to her art class where she created and learned with about ten other kids… Before her class started, we went into the centre’s art gallery to check out the latest installation.  We enjoyed this show with a handful of other people who were in the gallery including […]

Posted 05 February 2022 § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Not Sure Who’s Enjoying The Giant Snow Hill In Our Backyard More…

…these guys or the kids:  

Posted 22 January 2022 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Few Random Covid Thoughts

A coworker observed that an occupational hazard of working in a place where we hand out rapid tests kits is the risk of people over sharing *why* they want the tests.  This gives you this wild anecdotal taste of how widespread Covid is right now – business owners, parents, students, neighbours on each side of […]

Posted 19 January 2022 § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Five Things I’m Grateful For – 2022 Edition

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolution guy (“I’m going to lose weight this year!”  Pandemic continues.  “Shit!”) but always good to take account of the things you’re grateful for at this time of year.  Who knows – maybe this could become another annual post tradition? Anyhow… 1.  My Family So fortunate to have […]

Posted 02 January 2022 § List § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,