CalgaryPuck has lots of ideas and here’s a team preview from the Calgary Sun. But here are some of the things I’m excited about for the Flames this year as the NHL season begins tonight… A completely re-vamped line-up with lots of good young players Same with the coaching group which is (almost) completely revamped as […]
I’ve had some pretty down moments since breaking my wrist three weeks ago: When the ER doc said it was broken, not sprained. When she said I’d need surgery, not just a cast When Shea and I had to waste three days waiting in hospital in Regina in the midst of a 10-day camping holiday […]
This article should be mandatory reading before someone is allowed to use the Internet!
Here are my default listening choices when camping… “Coyote” – Blake Berglund – our default summer album continues to be a fave this summer “Six Volts” – Fred Eaglesmith– my (current) favourite Fred Eaglesmith album “Traveller” – Chris Stapleton – last.fm says I listened to “From A Room Vol. 2” more but “Traveller” would’ve been my […]
The history of Facebook birthdays is not all that exciting, but some habits?—?like uploading videos and tagging people?—?the company had to teach. Wishing someone a happy birthday on the platform came naturally, and it’s now a function Facebook owns. The platform didn’t introduce notifications for birthdays until 2013; before that, the side of your feed […]
From my personal journal, February 11, 2000: Settle in to bed (well, a sleeping bag under a cafeteria table) about midnight. Oh, when we get back from grabbing our sleeping bags, I offer to bring a coffee to the security guard and end up having a big talk with him – about how he got […]
Helped a patron find the government forms to apply for benefits he’s entitled to. Hosted a book exchange for a nearby school’s grade seven class. Had a demo of our summer puppet show and promoted the Summer Reading Program to classes from a couple other schools. Went out to a different nearby school to promote […]
It’s going to be hard to top how well everything – weather, neighbours who had kids around our kids’ ages, view – worked out at our seasonal site last year. But having spent the May long weekend at our seasonal site at Nickle Lake Regional Park, we’re off to a pretty good start! Shea’s Parents […]
Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]
