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Category Archives: Humour

Secular Sunday – Atheist Summer Camp

As summer comes to an end, I thought this video was appropriate for a Secular Sunday post (and yes, it’s a Christian making fun of atheists for a change!) The gist of the guy’s bit is what kids would learn at an Atheist Summer Camp and the irony is that Shea and I frequently lament […]

Posted 25 August 2019 § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Otter ‘n’ Daughter

One of many highlights of the Calgary Zoo was watching Sasha interact with one particularly playful otter in the “Canadian Wild” area.

Posted 25 August 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children’s Books of 2019

Lots of intriguing titles on this list.

Posted 23 August 2019 § FridayFunLink § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Sasha’s Five Cutest Moments From Our “Cow Gary” trip

One of the reasons you travel with children is the opportunity to learn about and experience the world in the way they can’t from a classroom or even books. Here’s a few examples: 5.  On the way into Calgary, her brother is “helpfully” giving her a history lesson.  “A long time ago, there was a […]

Posted 21 August 2019 § Canada § List § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Instead of Fighting About Politics on the Internet…

…maybe I should just upload screenshots of the witty retorts I draft but then discard without posting because I don’t feel like getting into it with people? (Shea and I spend a lot of time talking about how liberals are often at a disadvantage in arguments with conservatives because they tend to just say whatever […]

Posted 07 August 2019 § Blog § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Disappointed I Didn’t Win The Canada Day Contest This Year

I can’t find a reference to it on my blog which is sort of surprising since I’ll take any validation I can get! But anyhow, last year, the campground we have a seasonal site had a Canada Day decorating contest and since we were new and wanted to make a good impression, we went all […]

Posted 13 July 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

(Belated) Friday Fun Link – The Winning Trick at the 2018 World Magic Championships

  (via Gizmodo)

Posted 12 July 2019 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

(Belated) Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That’s A Switch! (April 2008)

Pace used his saved up birthday/Christmas/babysitting money to buy himself a $500 Nintendo Switch the other day – a long ways from when he was a year old and having fun on the $50 desktop computer I bought from Southeast Regional Library after they decommissioned it.

Posted 11 July 2019 § Baby § Family § Library § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Ten Things I’m Thinking About Lately

Hand dryers and noise pollution (especially in libraries) How we’re always saying goodbye to people we love without realising it. (h/t to JB on FB) How come Photos on my Macbook stopped showing recently uploaded photos a month ago even though I can see all my latest photos when I log in to Photos through […]

Posted 03 July 2019 § Library § List § Politics § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First & Last Day of School (September 2018/June 2019)

The last day of school is the perfect day for Throwback Thursday. I love how Sasha’s face changes from resignation and uncertainty in the first picture to utter joy and relief in the second. (And even Pace’s near-teenaged face has a hint of smile to it today compared to September as well!) 🙂

Posted 27 June 2019 § Family § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,