Chris Turner, author of the Hammy winning book, “The Leap”, has an outstanding article in the latest issue of The Walrus about the unique relationship between Canada and Cuba which captures, way better than I ever could, much of the mixed emotions you feel as a wealthy Canadian tourist in Cuba – are you helping […]
Due to a couple large corporate donations and a $1.4 million bequest from a retired farmer, last weekend’s Telemiracle was the most successful of all-time. (Minor claim to fame – I was the guy who added the annual totals section to the Wikipedia entry – yay me!) One of the highlights of watching this show […]
Well, other than wishing you a Happy Anniversary on Saturday. 😉 But when you have three anniversary dates to keep track of, that’s to be expected. In fact, re-reading that entry about our three anniversaries, it looks like this wasn’t the first time I was early with my anniversary wishes! Anyhow, nine years and counting […]
Last year, I capped my week-long Freedom to Read Week series with a post where I mentioned that Pace had written his name for the first time ever. That led me to ruminate on what a major milestone this is and how illiteracy is another “big picture” form of censorship beyond the “banned books”-type issues […]
Ahhh, how sweet… But in all seriousness, “Cum On Feel the Noize” plays a very big role in my early “education”. A classmate was making a poster for a school dance in elementary school and I, being Mr. Brainiac Smart-pants, mentioned his obvious mis-spelling of the word “Come” on the poster. So, with the patience […]
A couple religion related things I’ve come across recently… On Quora, someone asks what non-believers who have read the entire Bible think when they read it? Is religion declining worldwide? That is definitely the trend and a recent discussion with a co-worker left us wondering whether religion as we know it would cease to exist […]
Have I posted this before? I feel like I have but I spent some time this weekend importing old Tragically Hip bootlegs into iTunes and it reminded me of how fully and completely (get it?) I used to be into the Hip – trading bootlegs, traveling around to attend different concerts, studying Gord’s lyrics like […]
I spent part of today chipping out the last of the ice on our driveway. In mid-February. In Saskatchewan. Last winter was one of the most brutal I can remember – usually we get 1-2 really cold snaps through the whole winter (which usually lasts from October to oh, let’s say April). But last year, […]
I wasn’t her biggest fan but, as someone says in the MetaFilter obituary thread, her music was the soundtrack for many a high school dance. Her talent and success can’t be denied either. Here’s her isolated vocal track on “How Will I Know?” which is pretty amazing. And here’s my favourite Whitney Houston song…
Here’s a video montage I made of some of the highlights of our recent trip to Kauai and Maui:
