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Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

Posted 17 May 2012 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

TedxRegina

After an extremely long day, I’m pretty tired. Hopefully I’ll revisit my TedxRegina experience in the next day or two. But for now…

Posted 16 May 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them…

Posted 10 May 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets used so often in the US to denote “different but equal“) The timing is good coming in the wake of a North Carolina vote that saw the state’s […]

Posted 09 May 2012 § Family § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Happy May Day!

You’ll see this graphic a lot more in a couple days as “May the Fourth Be With You”. But I think this variation is quite appropriate for May Day:

Posted 01 May 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Is The Most Epic Photo of All-Time?

A great Quora thread that will make you laugh and cry, take your breath away and make you puke and make you realise how big and small we truly are.  (The one from Titan is possibly my favourite on the page.  So boring yet so amazingly unbelievable.)

Posted 18 April 2012 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

State of America’s Libraries 2012 Report

Well worth a read. (h/t to ALA Think Tank via Jessamyn)

Posted 17 April 2012 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Nothing to kill or die for/And no religion too.”

Being in the US, especially on a major religious holiday, is always eye-opening to me as an atheist. For example, this chart ran with a newspaper story whose title and anecdotal themes suggested people were coming back to faith but which the hard evidence clearly suggests otherwise… I will concede that religion and religious pressure […]

Posted 09 April 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Where Are You on the Global Pay Scale?

This interactive graph allows you to enter your monthly, pre-tax wage then see where you fit against the average wage for your country and other countries around the world. Pretty sobering to see that Shea’s and my current wages put us both above the highest per capita earners in the world (Luxembourg) and makes you […]

Posted 30 March 2012 § FridayFunLink § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“You Don’t Have To Suffer Alone”

The Leader Post recently featured a revealing article about Regina lawyer, activist and federal NDP candidate, Noah Evanchuk (I’d link to the Wikipedia page I created about him but the bastards at Wikipedia think that being a candidate in a federal election isn’t enough to make you notable unless you win the election.  Stupid, made […]

Posted 29 March 2012 § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,