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Sappy Sunday – The Last Meals Project

The United States is one of the few countries left in the world which embraces capital punishment (look at who else is on that list – no one else in the first world and otherwise a great bunch of company, eh?). A big part of the lore around death row inmates (perhaps straddling the line […]

Posted 01 August 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The Last Post

A 41-year old blogger in British Columbia dies of complications from stage four colorectal cancer.  Knowing that he’s dying of cancer gives him the wonderful opportunity to compose one last blog entry to be posted after his death where he can write about some of his thoughts on family, life and the beauty of it […]

Posted 26 June 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Father’s Day Ramble

With my self-imposed “you must post daily” rule for this blog, I admit there are lots of days when I mail it in by posting a few brief lines or a single link to a different web site. But then, there are some days when I feel like I should put a bit more effort […]

Posted 19 June 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Sappy Sunday – Some Things Are More Important Than Hockey

The NHL playoffs continue and the final four are down to San Jose versus Vancouver and Boston versus Tampa Bay. In terms of who I think will win the Cup this year, I’m getting razzed as anti-Canadian by my Vancouver relatives but, as a Calgary Flames fan, I just can’t force myself to cheer for […]

Posted 22 May 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – Cuba Bound!

Pace has been counting down the “sleeps” until we go to Cuba on Thursday. Meanwhile his daddy has been counting down “how many days left of standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off?” 😉 We leave Thursday for a week’s vacation and since Cuba is one of the least connected countries in the […]

Posted 01 March 2011 § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § Randomness § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – First Steps in the Sun

This is a tough one to watch – a couple beagles rescued from a laboratory are filmed as they take their first steps outside on grass and into the sun (with mawkish music on the soundtrack to magnify the effect.) (via MetaFilter which gets into an interesting debate about the pros and cons of animal […]

Posted 30 January 2011 § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Sappy Sunday – Days With My Father

A very moving photo-essay about living with a parent with Alzheimer’s (featuring some very unique web design as well – click at the bottom of each page to advance to the next one.) (via Reddit)

Posted 03 October 2010 § Family ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Saccharine Sunday – 90 Days With AIDS

“A woman with AIDS is filmed briefly, every day, for 90 days, and the changes she undergoes are dramatic. The very end may make you weep, but perhaps not for the reasons you expect.” Aids PSA Topsy from Human Music & Sound Design on Vimeo. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 29 August 2010 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,