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Category Archives: Randomness

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 § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Good-bye Old Friend

Our car got smushed in a hit and run while parked on the street in front our house late Friday night/early Saturday morning (actually our neighbour’s van got hit with enough impact that it ended up on our car’s trunk!). Our car’s a total write-off which is sad as we’ve had it for a decade […]

Posted 12 May 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Real World Fairytale Spots

Quora asks which real world places look like they could’ve come out of a fairy tale?

Posted 11 May 2012 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Playoffs Are Here!!!

A Ready-Made Google Calendar You Can Use Why the First Round of the Playoffs is Better Than the Finals How A Hockey Rink’s Surface Is Made: How Bad Do You Want It? My Predictions St Louis vs. San Jose Vancouver vs. Los Angeles Phoenix vs. Chicago Nashville vs. Detroit Boston vs. Washington (would like to […]

Posted 11 April 2012 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Food Network 100 Greatest Cooking Tips of All-Time

I’m hungry just reading this awesome list!

Posted 06 April 2012 § FridayFunLink § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Well, based on how slow it’s been lately, either my computer’s dying or I have too many tabs open.  Let’s hope it’s the latter as that’s easily solved! Super excited to see Ryan Meili’s name pop up as a strong “definitely maybe” in a recent list of potential NDP leadership candidates, especially since, as the […]

Posted 20 March 2012 § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

I Love George Carlin

Posted 06 March 2012 § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

List-o-Rama

I’ve made no secret of my love of lists and how this is the best time of the year for lists.  Here are a few things I’ve come across in the last few weeks that I wanted to share… Why the Media Insists on Publishing Year-End Lists Before the Year’s End – with a good […]

Posted 01 January 2012 § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

A Cool Facebook Status Update

A friend just posted this (and I know we’ve all been there after an all-nighter with Mr. Potter or Ms. Everdeen or whoever)… I nearly called in book for work today: “I’m really sorry but I’m feeling really book today and I don’t think I can come in. I really don’t feel my work will […]

Posted 28 December 2011 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Fortuna, North Dakota

In addition to web-based options, there are numerous businesses in communities just across the US-Canada border which have found a sideline in accepting parcels on behalf of Canadian clients who want items that can’t be shipped outside of the United States. Today, we visited the local bar in Fortuna, North Dakota (pop: 22) to retrieve […]

Posted 22 December 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,