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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

Music Monday – “Your smile is like a breath of spring/Your voice is like summer rain/And I cannot compete with you/Jolene” (Bonus: Incomplete List of Bands I’ve Seen Live)

Dolly Parton was the voice in a movie we watched this weekend (Gnomeo & Juliet – very cute!) and that somehow led to me thinking about the various

Friday Fun Link – Don’t Say Gay…

…say “Takei” according to Star Trek’s George Takei who is taking on a controversial Tennessee law by suggesting people could use his surname as a replacement for the

Music Monday – “Just take a look at these crow’s feet/Just look/Sitting on the prettiest eyes”

We got back from our trip to Calgary last night but after unpacking and doing a few things around the house, I didn’t get around to posting. But

Friday Fun Link – Angry Bairds

For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed

Books That Are Most Representative of Various Countries?

AskMF has a great list of novels that capture the essence of various countries around the world. (Unfortunately, why do I suspect that even with the wider selection

Friday Fun Link – NHL Player Rater

In honour of the Flames’ Jarome Iginla getting his 1000th career point tonight, here’s a really cool site that displays the names of two fairly equal NHL players

Lending Bodies To Books

This site is pretty cool – people place a book cover in front of themselves in such a way as to make their body part of the cover

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