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Friday Fun Link – MetaFilter 12th Anniversary Memories

In addition to the traditional anniversary post which echoes the very first MetaFilter post twelve years ago, this year MetaFilter’s owner decided to solicit user comments on their fondest memories about the site on a very special domain– some of which are funny, some are romantic and some of which are poignant. (And some of which […]

¶ Posted 15 July 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, metafilter

Our Newfoundland Itinerary

I thought it might be nice to post our Newfoundland itinerary with some of the details about what we did, stuff we ate (& drank!), where we ate, and other tips/suggestions for a trip to The Rock – both for our family and friends and for anyone who stumbles across this post looking for some […]

¶ Posted 14 July 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Saturday Snap – St. John’s Harbour

¶ Posted 10 July 2011 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – View Of Ship Leaving St. John’s Harbour from Signal Hill

¶ Posted 07 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Near Heart’s Delight

¶ Posted 06 July 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Whale Watching at Bonavista

¶ Posted 05 July 2011 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, science, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2011 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: holiday, music, saskatchewan, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Ferryland Picnic

And how’s your day going? 😉

¶ Posted 03 July 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, travel

Sappy Sunday – The Last Post

A 41-year old blogger in British Columbia dies of complications from stage four colorectal cancer. Knowing that he’s dying of cancer gives him the wonderful opportunity to compose one last blog entry to be posted after his death where he can write about some of his thoughts on family, life and the beauty of it […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2011 § Family § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, health

The Driveway Dream

For a number of Canadian kids growing up in the 1980’s like I did, hockey was life. In the days before Nintendo and the Internet, I would spend hours playing street hockey with my friends. I would keep scrapbooks with stats of my favourite players. A lot of my love of reading is probably due […]