So after saying a couple entries ago that I never do link dump posts, here I am doing another one. Maybe I should give in and make this a recurring feature on the blog, just like the Friday Fun Links? Heck, I could have a whole week's worth of features and never have to come […]
When I am If I were to be King of the Universe, every new mother would receive eighteen months of paid maternity leave at their full salary with no cap (right now, I think it's something like $1600/month as the maximum you can collect no matter what you make as a salary). There would […]
Home from BC and lots of catching up to do in terms of e-mail as well as other domestic chores. Back to work next Tuesday and the two weeks I had off for Pace's birth have passed way too fast, especially with a three-day detour in the middle of it. It was fitting that I […]
Oh yeah, and it's Friday so time for the weekly FFL (I almost forgot!) Tag-clouds for the first debates of the Democratic and Republican primaries. (via MetaFilter)
I've addressed this before but my readership has grown quite a bit since the last time I talked about it so I'll give some background on the FFL's again. My “Friday Fun Links” started as a way to provide regular content when I set up a listserv for the Writers Guild of Alberta. When I […]
A couple months ago, I wrote about how I attended the local NDP association's AGM with Shea's uncle who's big with the NDP (he ran in the 2000 Federal election) during a visit to Weyburn. During the meeting, one old-timer had leaned over and asked if I might be interested in running. I told him […]
One of the books I've got on the go right now is an oral history of Tommy Douglas called “Touched By Tommy: Stories of Hope and Humour About Canada's Most Loved Political Leader, T.C. Douglas”I thought this anecdote about librarians was funny:“Everyone was saying nice things about John Archer. He was leaving the Legislative Library […]
I don’t post every petition I come across on here but this one is from a solid organization and it looks like it has some potential to at least get a legitimate hearing from top decision makers. So why not add your name to support this message? — Dear friend, This Thursday, the environment ministers […]
I've heard from multiple people that the free David Suzuki lecture a couple weeks ago at U of R was awesome. I missed that but I'm not going to miss this one – I saw Stephen Lewis speak at CLA in Ottawa last summer and it was amazing. Here's the official blurb:As you may or […]
