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Pace’s First Day of Grade Two

Hard to believe Pace is in Grade Two already. As will probably become an annual tradition on the first day of school, I went back and watched the video I made of his first day in Kindergarten. I’ve always been somebody who loves taking pictures and videos and documenting things and that day, two short […]

¶ Posted 02 September 2014 § Pace § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Best SNL Cast Member Ever?

Grantland has done a tournament-style bracket to allow users to pick the best SNL cast member of all-time. The voting is closed now but the ultimate winner is probably as uncontroversial as you could get with such a varied cast, storied history and iconic program. Who would my pick be? Maybe Mike Myers? Dana Carvey? […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2014 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “On the Read Again: Southeast Regional Library Bookmobile”

It wasn’t in service when I worked at Southeast Regional Library but one day coming back from a branch, I noticed this parked in the compound of a local auto wrecker and snapped a picture (and yes, briefly considered making an offer on it!) Man, how much of the public library’s history across North America […]

¶ Posted 14 August 2014 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, saskatchewan, travel

Good Morning Vietnam: An “Un-War” War Movie

In my RIP Robin Williams post yesterday, I mentioned that I wrote an essay while a student in England about Williams’ role in “Good Morning Vietnam”. I don’t think I’ve posted any of my undergrad work on this blog ever but given yesterday’s events, now’s as good of time as any. Oh, and feel free to […]

¶ Posted 12 August 2014 § Politics § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, movies

RIP Robin Williams (And My Ten Favourite Robin Williams Movies)

Shocking news today that Robin Williams has died, apparently by suicide. Based on the way my Facebook feed lit up with the news, it’s a pretty safe bet that I’m not unique in thinking of him as one of my favourite actors. His range in both comedies and dramas was outstanding and his genuine humanity […]

¶ Posted 11 August 2014 § Humour § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: movies

Friday Fun Link – 20 Seconds of Tetris Madness

I used to love playing Tetris but I was never this good…

¶ Posted 08 August 2014 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Friday Fun Link – If 70s Moms Had Blogs…

…they’d probably look a lot like this.

¶ Posted 01 August 2014 § Blog § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Shea and I have been married for over a decade…

… I thought this long- unopened tub in the basement needed updating! 😉

¶ Posted 29 July 2014 § Humour § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – RPL Outreach Unit “Book Club for the Blind & Visually Impaired”

It was a highlight of my young career as a librarian to get to spend a year and a half working in RPL’s Outreach Unit serving visually impaired, homebound, and other special needs patrons across Regina. Here’s a pic I snapped when our monthly book club (the group listened to audio books but otherwise operated […]