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Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Kids Xmas Party and Bookmas Tree

Hard to believe we’ve been going to the Regina Public Library Kids Christmas Party for ten years. (Well, Sasha hasn’t been going that long but her brother’s been going since he was a baby!) …and you might see a bit of it in our family pic but here’s a better short of the beautiful “Bookmas […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go #Flames Go (December 2007)

My son has been a Flames fan since his first Christmas in 2007. I’ve been a fan a bit longer – I’m not sure when I switched from the Islanders being my favourite team to the Flames (mid-90’s?) but my fandom definitely clicked into overdrive in 2001 when Shea and I moved to Calgary and […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2018 § Baby § Pace § Photo § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute, hockey

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2018 § PopCulture § Sad § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, health, television

My 10 Favourite Christmas Songs

I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2018 § Family § List § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – What Could Go Wrong? (August 2013)

¶ Posted 29 November 2018 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – I Feel A Bit Guilty About This Photo Knowing Shea Was 8 1/2 Months Pregnant… (March 2013)

…but I think it was her choice to do this, thinking it might help hasten Sasha’s arrival! 😉

¶ Posted 22 November 2018 § Baby § Canada § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Old Time Hockey!

One of the best games I’ve seen this year – felt like watching a game in the 80’s *and* the “Cardiac Kid” Calgary Flames once again staged a third period come back to win 4-2 after being down 2-0 for much of the game.

¶ Posted 18 November 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § Photo § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, saskatchewan

Comparing Some Swedish Guy’s 7 Year (7000 Hour) Guitar Progress To My Own 22 (!) Year, Didn’t Count The Hours Guitar Journey

I bought my first guitar after coming back from a University exchange to England in 1995. It cost me $60 and I still have it. It’s an El Degas model which is Spanish for “cheap crap”. 🙂 (Wow, Google tells me these guitars were actually made in Japan and mostly exported to Canada in the […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2018 § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]