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Newfoundland Trip – Whale Watching at Bonavista

Posted 05 July 2011 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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: , , ,

Newfoundland Trip – Ferryland Picnic

And how’s your day going? 😉

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

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: ,

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 […]

Posted 15 June 2011 § Family § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Why Is U2 So Popular?

An answer to the question of why U2 is so popular on Quora becomes a beautiful evisceration of the typical U2 fan. (In the interest of full disclosure, this article hits home at least a little bit as I consider myself a fan as well – mostly of U2’s music, not so much of Bono.) […]

Posted 09 June 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Capoeira

Mosaic is a long-standing multicultural festival in Regina which is an highlight for many in the city. For $14 (the current price though I remember when it cost half that! </oldman>), you get a passport that allows you entry into numerous pavilions located in curling rinks and community halls around the city (plus free bus […]

Posted 04 June 2011 § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Speakers I’ve Seen

I recently did a post about bands I’ve seen so I thought this might be the work-equivalent of that list from my personal life. I’m focusing on speakers I saw as stand-alones or as keynotes at conferences, not every single person I’ve ever seen do a session which would be a very very long list. […]

Posted 02 June 2011 § Work ‡ Comments (1) °

Random Thoughts From WILU Day One

I’m at the Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) conference in Regina from today until Friday. Here are a few random thoughts from my first day… – it’s always enjoyable to attend a conference in a different city – staying in a hotel, eating meals in cool restaurants, checking out the attractions of a […]

Posted 01 June 2011 § Library § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Winnipeg’s Important Role In My Own NHL Fandom (And Kanye West Weighs In On the Big News)

It wasn’t a surprise but it was nice to have it made official today – the Atlanta Thrashers have been purchased by True North Sports and will be moved to Winnipeg next season – though it’s still not known if they’ll be called the Jets or something else. When St. Louis had their training camp […]

Posted 31 May 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,