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Saturday Snap – (Un)Hip Waders

My uncle and I while putting in the dock at our family cottage…

¶ Posted 23 May 2015 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Heading To #yqr @reginafanexpo Earlier Today

¶ Posted 25 April 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Rebellion Brewing #yqr

¶ Posted 11 April 2015 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Duking It Out With Wendel Clark at #hometownhockey #yqr

In the photo below, Sasha seems to be saying “Dad, if you raise your fist to this guy, you’re going to lose!” That’s not too far-fetched actually since, when I stepped up for my photo, I accidentally bumped into Wendel as I moved to stand beside him. “Hey, keep the elbows down!” he quipped and I was […]

¶ Posted 15 March 2015 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: cute, hockey, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “Everyday’s not Valentine’s/But you make it feel like most of the time/When I’m all alone with you.”

Michael Franti used this video to propose to his girlfriend who happens to be a nurse from Saskatchewan which Shea informs me are two of the best qualities a woman can have! 😉

¶ Posted 09 February 2015 § MusicMonday § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan

Regina’s Status As Fly-Over Country Confirmed #yqrcc #yqr

When I was in England on exchange in 1995, I would sometimes go to the college library and read the UK’s national papers. I still remember looking at the Travel section of The Weekend Times and seeing an ad for a “Cross-Canada Adventure”. After landing in the maritimes, you would take a coach through Quebec and […]

¶ Posted 27 January 2015 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, health, saskatchewan

Music Monday – Honoring Our Parents: The Legacy of Residential Schools

There’s a popular story making the rounds on social media to help people in positions of privilege understand exactly what the concept means and what it affords them. The essence of the story is that a high school teacher sets a recycling bin at the front of the room then gives his students wads of paper […]

¶ Posted 05 January 2015 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, saskatchewan

Defending Corner Gas

An essay explaining how both “Corner Gas” the TV show and now the movie reflect the best of Canada: In fact the entire movie, about a tiny town going bankrupt, is really about how we, in Canada, react to crisis. It’s about us at our best and worst. The humour is absurdist, never mean-spirited. The […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2014 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, television

Today in Piracy (er, Grey Market Copyright Activity)

Pirate Bay taken down by Swiss authorities It will likely be up again very soon in a different form and/or with a different URL SaskTel rumoured to begin sending copyright infringement notices to its Internet customers in the new year

¶ Posted 09 December 2014 § Censorship § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Candy Cane Lane #yqr

As a follow-up to my post about SparkleTour.ca, Shea and I ended up doing a mini-sparkle tour in the north end last night after running a couple errands. One of our stops was an area called Candy Cane Lane where the residents of the Normanview community are encouraged to decorate their homes for Christmas. One […]