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Saturday Snap – High Impact Wrestling Moonsault (Gives New Meaning to Saturday “Snap”)

So after probably more than a year of saying I would get to the monthly card of High Impact Wrestling, Regina’s local wrestling promotion, I finally went last night. And it was AWESOME! I should step back a bit – there are a couple guys at work who go regularly and I always meant to […]

¶ Posted 27 October 2012 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Shea and I Are Expecting (You’ll Watch This Video We Made)

¶ Posted 26 October 2012 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Pace § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) °

@ryanMeili Monday – Will Buyer’s Remorse Play A Role in The #skndpldr Race?

Buyer’s remorse is defined as: the sense of regret [people feel] after having made a purchase. It is frequently associated with the purchase of an expensive item such as a car or house. It may stem from fear of making the wrong choice, guilt over extravagance, or a suspicion of having been overly influenced by […]

¶ Posted 22 October 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Eulogy for Uncle Ken

Shea’s uncle passed away last week, rather suddenly after a year-long battle with cancer (that’s a weird way to describe it but that’s how it went.) Shea and I were honoured to be asked to do the eulogy by his widow and since we happened to be in Weyburn last weekend, we were able to […]

¶ Posted 17 October 2012 § Family § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, language, parents

Google Street Views Now Allows You To View Underwater Locations Including Two In Hawaii

Google Street View (Ocean View?) now allows you to “swim” through various underwater locations including Hanauma Bay on Oahu where I fell in love with snorkeling as a kid and Molokini Crater which was one of many highlights during our Hawaii trip last January. View Larger Map View Larger Map

¶ Posted 16 October 2012 § Shea § Technology § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, google, holiday, travel, unitedstates

First Snow of the Year

The only version of Hawksley Workman’s “First Snow of the Year” I could find on YouTube right now is copyright controlled so instead, you get a kids’ choir version (which actually adds to the winter/Christmas feel!) One question I haven’t resolved – when I do my annual “first snow of the year” post, what defines […]

¶ Posted 10 October 2012 § Canada § Humour § Meme § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, music, saskatchewan, science, weather

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Body language expert analyses first US debate – finds Obama wins (also, we’re all monkeys striving for dominance deep down) What are the most important characteristics from childhood you should hold on to? (Quora) Is there evidence that working from home improves efficiency? (Quora) Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve How to Manage Thinkers […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2012 § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl, parents, recipe, unitedstates

Meili Monday – Who Did You Support in 2009?

Just out of curiosity… Take our PopSurvey!

¶ Posted 08 October 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Friday Fun Link – 5-Star Wrestling Matches

I’m tempting to use the “Xmas” tag on this one. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer newsletter is like the Roger Ebert of reviewing wrestling matches. This Reddit thread contains links to almost all of the matches Meltzer has given the highly coveted and very rare 5 Star rating. Quite a trip down memory lane […]