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FTRW 2016 – Day One – Violent Video Games

It’s the most wonderful time of the (fucking) year! 😉 Yes, it’s Freedom to Read Week again, a holiday celebrated by librarians, writers, book lovers, artists, filmmakers and anyone else interested in the issue of censorship and free expression. As usual, I’m planning to do a week of posts on different topics to do with […]

Thoughts on my new iPhone

I consider myself pretty tech savvy so people were often surprised to hear/see that I was still using an iPhone 4S that I got in Fall 2011 as my smartphone. There’s a few reasons for this but the main one is that the phone still worked well enough for the most part and I’m not […]

¶ Posted 03 February 2016 § List § MemoryLane § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

The Strange Saga of #JohnScott and the 2016 NHL #AllStarGame

People can stomp their feet and claim “it’s embarrassing to the league and the All-Star Game” all they want. But, the game features a Velveeta cheese fountain, celebrity coaches no one has heard of, and most importantly it’s an exhibition game. [Scott] has become the saviour of the All-Star Game, and legions of people have become […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2016 § Jobs § Meme § News § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, hockey

The 10 Most Unique Experiences In My Life

Shea and I have reached that point in our lives where we tend to buy most Christmas gifts for ourselves and then label them as if they were from each other. But we do usually try to get at least one original “surprise” gift as well – for example, this year I bought her some […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2016 § Baby § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § News § Sasha § Shea § Sports § Travel § UK § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, parents, travel

Saskatchewan Arbitrator Rules Healthcare Workers Don’t Need To Wear Full Name on ID Tags

A recent Saskatchewan arbitration decision which found that it’s a violation of workers’ rights to be safe and free of harassment to be required to wear name tags with their full name is timely given a couple recent events… First, in my end of year mega-post, I mentioned in Question #31 about “My Personal Fashion Sense” that RPL […]

¶ Posted 05 January 2016 § Family § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, health, language, saskatchewan

19 Crazy Facts About Bill Gates’ Mansion

He is the richest man in the world after all (and his library sounds amazing!)

¶ Posted 22 December 2015 § Library § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, science

Bankrupt Rdio Is Being Bought Out and Discontinued. (Fuck)

After a few days of focus on Paris and the serious issues of the world, time to get back to my First World Problems (which are defined by Google as: “a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration, implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world.”) That’s true […]