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Saturday Snap – A Cool (Er, Hot?) Trick

Before you barbeque or cook a hot dog over a campfire, put a skewer through the middle of the dog then score it in a spiral fashion so that you get more of that crunchy goodness throughout the meat!

¶ Posted 04 August 2012 § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, cute, recipe, science

Is This The Cutest Thing Ever Seen on the Internet?

There are zillions of pictures of cute animals on the Internet. But this series of shots is a contender for “best ever“. (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 02 August 2012 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Average Canadian Male Life Expectancy = 78 years (aka Happy 39th Birthday to Me!)

The average life expectancy for a Canadian male is currently 78 years. That means as I turn 39 today, I have officially reached the half-way point of my expected life span on this planet (and accounting for abuses suffered in earlier years – from over-drinking to being exposed to god knows what working at a […]

¶ Posted 18 July 2012 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) °

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: cool, language, music, saskatchewan, science

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: book, cool, travel

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: cool, google, hockey, science, television, unitedstates

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: food

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 […]