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Category Archives: Humour

Five Things You Don’t Want To See When You Take Your Kids To The Splash Park

5. Your son saying “Hey dad, try to keep this bottle standing up!” then looking over to see he’s left his bottle of root beer standing precariously on the edge of the picnic blanket without a lid. (Needless to say, it didn’t stay standing up.) 4. Your daughter wandering into the running water of the various […]

¶ Posted 23 July 2014 § Family § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Sure, Let’s Just Close The Libraries and Get Everyone A “Kindle Unlimited” Subscription

I’m seeing lots of discussion (and some hand-wringing) about the threat to libraries after Amazon announces the “Kindle Unlimited” plan which gives you access to 600,000 e-books plus thousands of audiobooks for a Netflix-like $9.99/month subscription. Librarians and other defenders of open access and the public library were quick to respond: I mean, if this […]

¶ Posted 22 July 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics

Music Monday – “Say you got an “I”,”T” Followed by apostrophe “s”/Now what does that mean?/You would not use “it’s” in this case/As a possessive/It’s a contraction”

“Weird Al” Yankovic is pretty much the perfect musician for the Internet age – nerdy mash-up specialist who is no stranger to controversy. So the fact that his latest album has a song about Internet grammar is pretty much perfection (and guaranteed to go viral)… “Word Crimes” – “Weird Al” Yankovic

¶ Posted 21 July 2014 § Internet § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Saturday Snap – New Bunk Beds in Our Garage?

Grandpa Dennis built us some new shelving for our garage. Once we got it in place, Pace and his buddy from down the street, Jeffrey, decided that the shelves would actually work better as bunk beds. They even convinced Grandpa to try them out!

¶ Posted 19 July 2014 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents

Saturday Snap – Sunset Swing

¶ Posted 12 July 2014 § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Summer Reading Program (July 17, 2009)

The TD Summer Reading Program is once again in full swing at libraries across Canada. Here’s a pic of Pace and I with one of the entertainers (Walden the Wizard?) I brought in when I worked at Southeast Regional Library. Pace seems a bit uncertain of this wizard’s powers! 😉

¶ Posted 10 July 2014 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

After One Year As a Parent, One Thing is Certain…

(full comic available here and worth the click)

¶ Posted 25 June 2014 § Baby § Family § Infographic § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Saturday Snap – “I Don’t Know!”

Our new favourite Sasha trick is saying “Sasha…I don’t know” then watching her make this cute face…

¶ Posted 21 June 2014 § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]