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Category Archives: MemoryLane

Odd/Quirky Ways To Be The Best Dad Possible?

Reddit weighs in on this question.  Personally, I really like that “Enact a 6pm is dancing time – every night!” idea (though it’d likely have to be a different time since we’re watching the news at that time.)   I don’t know if this is odd/quirky but a lot of times, I just like to […]

Posted 13 September 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Some Thoughts on The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world.   So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of some of the most interesting things I’ve seen… (Oh, okay – I’ll quickly do my own “Where were you when?” story since I […]

Posted 11 September 2011 § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Pace Goes Off The Diving Board

Posted 10 September 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Dig A Hole To The Other Side of the World

I’m sure everybody’s wondered where they’d end up if they could dig a hole directly through to the other side of the earth.  In fact, I think the official playground ruling on this immortal question, at least for anyone contemplating this question in Canada, is “China”. Now, technology allows you to answer that exact question […]

Posted 09 September 2011 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Happy RPL-a-versary to Me!

Today is my three year anniversary of starting work at RPL.  A few stream-of-unconscious thoughts and observations… 1. I started working for the Writers Guild of Alberta at almost the exact same time of year – I know because I was in their office doing my initial training a couple days before September 11.  (I’ve […]

Posted 08 September 2011 § Library § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

“Straight, Not Narrow”: Has Calgary Quietly Become The Most Progressive City in Canada?

Calgary had their annual Pride Parade this past weekend.  Pride Parades are commonly held in major cities throughout Canada but Calgary’s recent parade set two important milestones – the first time the mayor of the city has appeared in the parade as new mayor, Naheed Nenshi, served as the parade marshall. The Calgary Flames also […]

Posted 06 September 2011 § Family § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Bad Parenting Example #289

Letting your child use an upturned picnic table as a playhouse when camping… 😉

Posted 03 September 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Time Travel, Being Violated By A Police Officer and An Early Hint o’ My Librarian Tendencies

We were at a wedding in my hometown about a month ago.  Sitting at the table during the reception, I was chatting with one of the people I hadn’t seen in a long time but who had lived next door to our house for most of her years in Indian Head.  She was a friend […]

Posted 01 September 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Katepwa Sunset

Why do I live in the city instead of at the lake?  I don’t know of a more relaxing place on earth…

Posted 27 August 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Lyric Check Needed – Stat!

Pace has become quite the little music fan recently, often breaking into “songs” of his own creation or snippets of songs he’s heard on the radio or at daycare or wherever. Still, Shea and I had our jaws drop when he recently started singing “If you can’t make her say oooh-oooh-oooh, make her say ahh-ahh-ahh!” […]

Posted 21 August 2011 § Family § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,