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Category Archives: Humour

“100 Weirdest Animals on Earth” Video Becomes a Fun Game With Pace

Pace likes to watch non-stop YouTube clips about video games – Minecraft, Halo, etc. etc. and it’s not really my thing. So the other night, looking for some common ground when we decided to watch some YouTube together, he suggested “Science Videos” (cool that he thinks of that as a place where we connect!) Anyhow, […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2015 § MemoryLane § Pace § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Saturday Snap – Pace Thinks I’m Number One

Unfortunately…

¶ Posted 17 January 2015 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sometimes We Think Toddler Sasha Is A Handful Compared To Her Brother…

Isn’t it funny how memory works?

¶ Posted 15 January 2015 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Some Resonant, Relevant Quotes on Free Speech and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre From The #MetaFilter Thread #jesuischarlie

So I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a rather rambling manner the other day. I’m still thinking about what happened a lot – the conflict between unrestrained freedom of speech defenders (here!) and a sort of “Can’t we all get along/be kind and non-offensive to everyone” reaction which I have some sympathy to but […]

¶ Posted 11 January 2015 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

Saturday Snap – Good Hygiene Is Important

¶ Posted 10 January 2015 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Explain The Events of Star Wars IV-VI Like You Are A Heavily-Biased Imperial History Textbook

This is pretty funny stuff… The Emperor’s most trusted lieutenant and advisor, Darth Vader, was seen as an imposing and frightening figure to those who did not know him. This was because Vader, a veteran of the Clone Wars, had been injured in battle, and required a full-body suit to sustain him. The suit was […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2015 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, language, movies

Saturday Snap – I Should Probably Go Help Her…

Sasha’s figured out how to get off her change table (well, the first half of the process – she still hasn’t managed to get all the way down!) I suspect it’ll only be a matter of time until she manages to scramble over the rail of her crib and come see us some night! 😉

¶ Posted 03 January 2015 § Baby § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Friday Fun Link – New Copyright Laws Come Into Effect Today (On An Unrelated Note, Here’s Some Info On How To Torrent Without Your ISP Being Able to Identify You)

A new law comes into effect today which requires ISPs to forward letters to their customers that media companies suspect of pirating movies, music and other digital content via IP addresses connected to those files. On a completely unrelated note, here’s a thread on Reddit about ways that people can torrent files without your ISP knowing […]

¶ Posted 02 January 2015 § Canada § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, economics

Dear Santa…

¶ Posted 22 December 2014 § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – She Really Likes Cookies

I wouldn’t recommend letting kids play around the stove normally. But it was pretty cute when Shea turned the oven light on to show Sasha the baking cookies and Sasha spontaneously kissed the glass!