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The 50 Best Tasting Foods in the World

CNN conducted an unscientific worldwide poll and after getting 35 000 responses, created a list of the 50 best tasting foods in the world. Canada hits the list at 46 with maple syrup but that’s our only contribution. Surprisingly (?) the two top ranked dishes are both Indonesian (did Indonesians scam the poll?), neither of […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, food, travel

Time Travel, Being Violated By A Police Officer and An Early Hint o’ My Librarian Tendencies

We were at a wedding in my hometown about a month ago. Sitting at the table during the reception, I was chatting with one of the people I hadn’t seen in a long time but who had lived next door to our house for most of her years in Indian Head. She was a friend […]

¶ Posted 01 September 2011 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, saskatchewan

A Tragic Coincidence for Saskatchewan Hockey

With the death of Wade Belak, the three young NHLers who have died in recent months (also including Derek Boogaard and Rick Rypien) were all born and/or played junior hockey in Saskatchewan. I suspect their common role as hockey enforcers probably played more of a role in their sudden deaths – two suicides and one […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, saskatchewan

On Being Sick

It sucks.

¶ Posted 10 August 2011 § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Mlkshk

If you don’t yet have enough social network news feeds in your life and/or if you think a picture’s worth a thousand words, you might be interested in MlkShk, a site that is like many other social networks except that it focuses on the sharing of pictures and graphics instead of words and links.

¶ Posted 05 August 2011 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, cute

Horror in Norway

We were camping all weekend so didn’t really have a lot of access to the news (I did of course have my iPhone but Rogers service sucks once you get outside major centres). So it wasn’t until we got home tonight that I realised the full extent of the horror that had happened in Norway […]

¶ Posted 24 July 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, metafilter

What Really Makes A Vacation Seem Real…

…is when you can look up the long-range forecast for your destination and get a sense of what the weather might be like for your trip. One week until we’re in St. John’s – hope the sunny weather forecast holds!

¶ Posted 23 June 2011 § Family § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: travel, weather

I Predict A Riot

With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide range of opinions (many mentioned in this thread) on why this particular riot happened… It was drunken Canucks fans. It was anarchists. It was gang members/hooligans/insurgents. (I […]

¶ Posted 16 June 2011 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, history, hockey, music, rant, television, twitter

If You’re An Atheist…

…you’ll probably get this:

¶ Posted 26 May 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

The Jokes Just Write Themselves… (NSFW)

“The closest the Sharks will get to any cup.” “The best twins at the game tonight.” “Two for cross-checking.” “Gives new meaning to ‘Sin Bin’” (via Reddit)