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First Lines from Each Month of My 2012 Blog Posts

  January – “I’ve made no secret of my love of lists and how this is the best time of the year for lists.” February – “I’ve mentioned Quora a couple times before.” March – “My prediction?  This new movie from comedian Bobcat Goldthwait won’t cause any controversy at all.” April – “I’ve done some […]

Posted 30 December 2012 § Blog § Internet § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – 40 Song Xmas Song Medley

If, like me, you’re not quite ready to let Christmas go for another year, here’s a video medley of a bunch of different Christmas songs (bonus for the number of UK-centric Christmas songs that are a bit less well known on this side of the pond): (via /r/christmasmusic.  You may also want to check out […]

Posted 28 December 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wrapper’s Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

From The Atlantic.

Posted 26 December 2012 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy 12/12/12

I’m posting this on 12/12/12 at 12:12pm (okay, I’m jiggering the time stamp so it appears like I posted it on 12/12/12 at 12:12pm.) (How’d I miss such an obvious post for today?)  

Posted 12 December 2012 § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – A Week In The Life

A few shots from the past week… Pace and I made Lego tree ornaments… Relaxing with mommy and the baby… New shelving arrives for the Outreach Unit… Playing musical chairs at Philippine-Canadian Friends & Family Holiday Party… Spot Trent Wotherspoon’s critical error in latest mail out (Hint: top right of envelope!) 😉 We see this […]

Posted 01 December 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Politics § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

This is just to say

I have written this blog that began in the oughties and which has gone on now for 2500 near-daily posts Forgive me the posts were delicious so sweet and so cold

Posted 19 November 2012 § Blog § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

2012 Tesla Model S Electric Car Wins MotorTrend “Car of the Year” Award by Unanimous Vote

The Tesla company which produces electric cars and which Mitt Romney infamously labelled a “loser” after Barack Obama’s government invested in it, recently won MotorTrend’s “Car of the Year” award by unanimous vote which was also the first win by an electric car in the 64-year history of the award.  (Now who’s laughing, Mitt?) Now I […]

Posted 18 November 2012 § Jobs § Politics § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Now You Know – Feeling Buzzed

Now I Know (site currently down making this a bad day to post this but whatever) is an enjoyable little e-newsletter that comes out every couple of days with all kinds of interesting facts about all kinds of things.  Here’s the most recent one… You’re sitting at your desk, standing in the kitchen, watching TV, […]

Posted 11 September 2012 § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You Just Put Your Lips Together…and Blow”

I usually put a lyric from the featured song in the title of my Music Monday posts but this one’s a little harder for obvious reasons. So instead, I’ve used a famous movie quote that’s quite fitting (so fitting, it was also referenced in a recent hit song called “Whistle“.) (via Huffington Post)

Posted 27 August 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Thou shall not judge a book by its cover/Thou shall not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover”

Posted 20 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,