In 1989, the Riders won only their second Grey Cup ever in the 95 year history of the CFL (admittedly, pretty embarrassing in an 8-10 team league.) They won with a team led by QB Kent Austin in a game played in Toronto's Skydome. This year, the Riders, with Austin as coach, go into the […]
The Riders aren't the only ones in Saskatchewan hoping to win a big prize this weekend – it's also time for the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards. Except for last year when I was in Ontario for school, I've attended every Gala since 1997. I served on their board for three years… (one of these people […]
A couple fun visual sites…The Most Unusual Books of the World Fifteen Word Illusions And a bonus deep thought for the day: “As a librarian, you can be idealistic. As a manager, you must be pragmatic.”
Does anybody remember The Waltons? One of the best CanRock bands of the early to mid-1990's and the pride of Regina. Their lead singer, Jason Plumb, is back in Saskatchewan and a fixture in the local music scene. (via Abandoned Stuff)
Some pretty amazing work here…The Book Design Review
You hear it from everybody but there's still no way to prepare for how quickly the time flies. Six months already. Wow. (Full disclosure – the picture on the right is from his THREE month birthday. I don't have a current version of this shot but will get one next weekend.) Latest milestone – […]
Pace needs to work on his game face but he's young – it'll come. (And no, that's not spilled beer on my leg. And yes, it's baby drool.) On a related note, we went to see Brent Butt at Casino Regina for my staff Christmas party Friday night. I have a completely unprovable theory that […]
Pace has a new cousin! Almost six months to the day after he was born, Pace's cousin, Dennon Robert Thompson arrived in very similar circumstances – breech position requiring an unplanned c-section. It was a weird sense of deja vu for me all day – finding my way to the labour and delivery unit, sitting […]
“The Canadian police announced that it will stop targeting people who download copyrighted material for personal use. Their priority will be to focus on organized crime and copyright theft that affects the health and safety of consumers instead of the cash flow of large corporations.“My French isn't good enough to know if a Le Devoir […]
As a follow-up to yesterday's post about Pace's first black eye, here's a great song about a parent's ever-present fear about their child coming into harm. If I remember correctly, Gord Downie wrote it after watching a young woman barrel racing at the Calgary Stampede and wondered how he would feel about his own daughter […]
