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Category Archives: Randomness

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) °

Friday Fun Link – Reddit Launches Multi-Reddits

For the past few weeks, Reddit Gold members (those who pay an annual subscription fee) have been able to beta-test a new feature called Multi-Reddits. That feature has now gone live for all Reddit members. With thousands of sub-reddits, it’s difficult to keep track of them all. Multi-reddits allow you to combine similar reddits into […]

Posted 02 August 2013 § FridayFunLink § Library § List § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Facebook and My Social Clusters

Stephen Wolfram recently published an analysis of a huge dataset of how people are using Facebook that is extremely fascinating (so fascinating that I wanted to except some of the best parts but didn’t know where to start!) One of the findings was that the most common social structure people tend to have two or […]

Posted 21 July 2013 § Family § Internet § MemoryLane § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

The Stages of My Life

Like the Beatles ushering in the “Swinging 60’s” in 1964, it won’t line-up perfectly.  But you can still chart my life in terms of broad decade-long “eras” fairly easily… ~0-10 years – Figuring out the basics, attending elementary school ~11-20 years – High school ~20-30 years – English degree transitions into a nearly decade long stint […]

Posted 17 July 2013 § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) °