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Category Archives: Randomness

Travel The World Without Leaving Your Laptop

The day before we left for Hawaii a couple years ago, I did a post summarizing how much of a role various web sites – from Google to Reddit to Trip Advisor – played in helping to plan and just generally build excitement for our trip. I mentioned Google Maps in passing in that post […]

Posted 26 January 2014 § Canada § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § Travel § UK § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

First Lines From My First Blog Post of Each Month in 2013

This is always one of my favourite posts of the year for the uniquely random spin it puts on a “year in review” type post. .  Click on the month below if one of the “first lines” grabs your attention… January – “As he did in 2009, Ryan Meili is once again spearheading an extremely […]

Posted 30 December 2013 § Blog § List § Meme § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) °

Life Hacks: What’s Something I Can Learn Right Now in Ten Minutes That Will Be Useful for the Rest of My Life?

Various cool life hacks from Quora, Reddit, Buzzfeed, a whole Life Hacks web site  – plus a list of unethical life hacks, also from Reddit.                                                               (I’ll have […]

Posted 28 November 2013 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Will Kids Be Playing Kronum in the Schoolyard in 50 Years Instead of Soccer or Basketball?

Kronum is a new sport that combines elements of football, rugby, basketball, handball and even Quidditch to create what players are hoping grows to become the first big league sport created in over a century. Personally, I think organizers may have hurt themselves right off-the-bat by creating a sport with a circular field, very unique […]

Posted 12 November 2013 § Meme § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Cheers!

Shea… Jason…

Posted 09 November 2013 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Itinerary of a Day Off

As part of my new job as Regent Place Branch Head, I now work a few evenings and weekend shifts each month which means at least once a month my “weekend” is on Monday and Tuesday. This can be a big advantage sometimes when Pace is in school and I can get to appointments I […]

Posted 22 October 2013 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

17 Misused and Made-Up Words That Make You Rage

I’m horrified to learn I’m guilty of using at least a couple of these on a regular basis.  I won’t tell you which ones but I will observe that it’s hot enough today that I could really go for some sherbert.  😉

Posted 08 October 2013 § Humour § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

EagleCam!

Someone mounted a POV camera on an eagle and the result is probably as close as I’ll ever get to what it actually feels like to fly (unless they hurry up and invent a workable, affordable jetpack!) (via Reddit)

Posted 17 September 2013 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Random Thoughts on the @PaulMcCartney #outthere Concert in #yqr

It’s weird being a blogger sometimes because it affects how you think about things (there are theories that social media sites like Facebook have the same effect where you can’t just enjoy experiences because you’re always thinking how to spin them/frame them/present them to your online audience.) With that in mind, I’ll admit that I […]

Posted 15 August 2013 § Humour § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § UK § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Very Unique Birthday Gift

For my 40th birthday, a co-worker gave me a green tea flavoured Kit-Kat she’d picked up at a specialty store in Seattle. How I resisted eating it for nearly a month, I’ll never know!

Posted 06 August 2013 § Photo ‡ Comments (0) °