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Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day

Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward. Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying $40/month for calls to and from both sets of parents (which we can still do with our smartphones) and otherwise, 90% of our calls were spammers, surveys, […]

¶ Posted 17 June 2014 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sasha § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, television

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for all you’ve done/I never felt like I went without with what I had/And I’m proud to be your son/And I’m proud to call you my dad”

A video I made a couple years back which has a Father’s Day theme… “Pier 21” – John Wort Hannam

¶ Posted 16 June 2014 § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, music, parents

“Some Reasons” Redux… (aka Happy Father’s Day To My Dad!)

Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become. It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog. And since dad turned 70 this […]

¶ Posted 15 June 2014 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Saturday Snap – Happy Father’s Day (One Day Early)

To my own dad and to the kid who made me a dad for the first time (Sasha would’ve been in this photo too but she was back in the campsite doing a really good job of staying away from the water!)

¶ Posted 14 June 2014 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Sasha Grooving

Shea got invited to Pace’s school for a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for some work she’d done to help out with Pace’s class this year while she was on maternity leave. She took Sasha to the tea and it was a pleasant surprise that Pace’s class was also the one chosen to entertain the volunteers. Sasha […]

¶ Posted 07 June 2014 § Humour § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, education, music

My Suggestion for A Better Way to Make Sure A #yxe Father Is Close To His Ill Son #yqr #saskatchewan

Looks like WestJet’s trying to repeat their successful Christmas viral video with another one that will pull your heartstrings for Father’s Day (plus to help make the video go viral, they’ve offered additional flights to Ronald McDonald families for every 100,000 views the clip gets up to a maximum of 500,000.) Of course, this is very generous of […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2014 § Jobs § Sad § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, holiday, parents, saskatchewan

Parenting Sure Has Changed!

In the old days, if your kid fell in a hole you reached for them. Today, you reach for your camera phone! 😉

¶ Posted 03 June 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Nice Weather’s Here…

…so we’re in the backyard as much as possible!

¶ Posted 31 May 2014 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan, weather

Saturday Snap – As A Handyman, I Make A Pretty Good Librarian!

Luckily, my one neighbour has spent many years as a carpenter for the City of Regina (and also does numerous side projects for his own clients as well) while my other neighbour said “I’ve lived in five houses and built five fences!” Add in two son-in-laws of the carpenter helping out (including one who is […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2014 § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Big Changes at MetaFilter

I don’t hang out there nearly as much as I used to (and worse, a lot of my “community web site” time has shifted to <gasp> Reddit!) so it was a bit of a shock to see a librarian colleague post on Facebook about the big changes happening at MetaFilter. Cash-strapped after a recent downturn […]