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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Kenosee Lake Family Reunion

¶ Posted 06 July 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (2) °

“One Prominent NDP Blogger Recently Wrote…”

So I was flitting around YouTube this weekend and came across this video of a member statement made by Carrot River MLA, Fred Bradshaw in the Saskatchewan Legislature and which was uploaded a couple months ago on April 17, 2013. Although they don’t specify who the “prominent NDP blogger” in question is (and out of […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2013 § Blog § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Random Thoughts on 2013 #tedxregina #yqr (and My Hypothetical TED Talk Topics)

Went to TEDxRegina yesterday and honestly, my thoughts on the afternoon, with a couple exceptions, are pretty much the same as my thoughts on the inaugural one in 2012. Perhaps because I usually cherry-pick the best TEDTalks when watching online, both years I’ve gone in expecting all TEDx talks will be stellar too. But honestly, […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2013 § Humour § Internet § Library § List § Meme § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: Conference, cool, language, philosophy, saskatchewan

One Memorable Moment From Each Year I Was In School

Went with Pace while he rode his new birthday bike over to a playground near our house. Along the way, we passed the house of one of his kindergarten classmates who was playing in her front yard and then, at the playground, another classmate happened to be there playing as well. As I sat on […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2013 § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Randomness ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Getting Excited for @TEDxRegina #yqr

Went to TEDxRegina last year and am excited to be going again this year. Plus, unlike last year when I went on my own time, this year my employer is funding me plus a few other colleagues to attend. Yay! That is *exactly* what I was saying last year about how libraries need to ensure […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2013 § Library § Meme § Technology § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Conference, cool, language, philosophy

Saturday Snap – Sasha’s First Visit To The Family Cottage

Went out to Katepwa Lake to put the pier in with my dad, uncle and cousin today as well as do a few other chores to get the cottage ready for the season. I think the caption for the following photo is: “Working Hard or Hardly Working?” 😉 My cousin drew the short straw […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2013 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: parents

Refer Madness

Over the years, I’ve occasionally posted about some of the search terms that were bringing people to my blog. I did this once a few months after starting my blog in 2006 and again during the 2009 NDP Leadership Race and probably a few other times as well. I thought it might be interesting to re-visit the […]

¶ Posted 22 May 2013 § Blog § Humour § Internet § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

A Partial and Incomplete List of Reasons the NDP Lost The BC Election #skpoli #bcpoli #ndp

I went to a noon hour presentation at the Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy on “The BC Election and What It Means For Saskatchewan“. One presenter got a good laugh off the bat joking about how he had to tear up his speaking notes in light of the stunning come-from-behind victory of the Liberals […]

¶ Posted 15 May 2013 § Canada § Humour § List § Politics ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Mom’s Lifetime Membership in SUN (and some thoughts on where she’s influenced me – it might not be where you’d expect!)

One benefit of being home with the baby for a couple weeks was that Shea, Sasha and I were able to slip out one afternoon earlier this week for one of Sasha’s first-ever outings. We snuck into the SUN AGM & Conference to see my mom receive a Lifetime Membership from the organization (she’d also […]

¶ Posted 27 April 2013 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, orgdevl, parents, saskatchewan

One Volunteer’s Inventory of the Sask NDP Leadership Race

I drafted this post about a week before the Leadership convention so you have to read it as if the election still hadn’t happened. I could re-write but really like that opening about “pre-emptive nostalgia” so wanted to keep it. Given what I’m writing about and how I ended it, I thought it fitting to […]