Category Archives: MemoryLane

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Full Circle (November 2007)

This is a picture of me sitting at the circulation desk of the Indian Head branch library that I grew up with and ended up as supervisor for in my first job after doing my Master of Library Science degree.  

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my own two-sentence answer would be something like this: When I was a kid, my friend and I were really into Greek mythology.  He pointed out that the […]

Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day

Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward.  Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying $40/month for calls to and from both sets of parents (which we can still do with our smartphones) and otherwise, 90% of our calls were spammers, surveys, […]

“Some Reasons” Redux… (aka Happy Father’s Day To My Dad!)

Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become. It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog.  And since dad turned 70 this […]

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Shea and Jason at West Edmonton Mall in August 2000

In my never-ending quest to have a theme for each day of the week that eliminates the need to put actual thought into my daily blog posts, I’m going to try out the Throwback Thursday theme that’s so popular on Twitter and Facebook these days. And as an extra bonus, I don’t even have to […]

Parenting Sure Has Changed!

In the old days, if your kid fell in a hole you reached for them. Today, you reach for your camera phone! 😉

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

Because It’s The Cup…

The second team to make it to the Stanley Cup Final was decided tonight as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks in overtime of Game 7 of the Western semi-final. The Kings will meet the New York Rangers, starting later this week. To celebrate another Stanley Cup, here’s an amazing video featuring a montage of every […]

Music Monday – “You know when people change/They gain a piece but they lose one too.”

Jimmy Fallon is getting all the viral love for his Tonight Show clips while David Letterman (who would’ve likely been a viral star if YouTube had been around in his early days) is doing things in a more traditional way and not aiming for online buzz like his younger counterparts – Jimmys Fallon and Kimmel. But […]

My Book Themed Interview

I saw an interview with author, Joshua Ferris, in a recent Entertainment Weekly and thought the series of book-themed questions they asked would be fun to answer for myself… Your Favourite Book As a Child “Child” usually means someone quite young  but honestly, the first book to come to mind when I read this question […]