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Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Social Media Showdown – #SKNDPLDR Edition

During the last Sask NDP leadership race, I spent a lot of time analysing the social media aspects of each candidate’s campaign. As we get another leadership race underway, the social media landscape has changed and grown, both in terms of services available and also the reach of sites like Facebook, Twitter and numerous other […]

Posted 06 September 2012 § Internet § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , ,

“The Speech” – A Look Back at Obama’s Breakthrough Moment (and Ryan Meili’s Potential Equivalent?)

As the Democratic National Convention kicks off this week, I’m reminded of the single speech that catapulted Obama into the national spotlight at the 2004 convention. Coincidentally today, the race for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP kicked off. I’ve written before about the parallels I’ve seen between Barack Obama and Ryan Meili, one of […]

Posted 04 September 2012 § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – 10 Things We Had At Our Wedding (That Most People Don’t)

Went to a co-worker’s wedding today and felt like I virtually attended another one with how many updates I was seeing on my Facebook newsfeed. As always, that gets me thinking about Shea’s and my own wedding nine and a half years ago. Talking to some of the other guests at this most recent wedding […]

Posted 01 September 2012 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Handicapping the Sask NDP Leadership Race (Before It Even Begins)

Murray Mandryk of the Leader Post has some thoughts on the unofficial jockeying for position that’s happening behind-the-scenes as potential candidates position themselves for a run at the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP. (I think candidates can officially begin announcing next month maybe?) Based on Mandryk’s article, here are the presumed candidates (alphabetically) with what […]

Posted 28 August 2012 § List § Politics ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: ,

800 People on the Waiting List for “Fifty Shades of Grey” at Saskatchewan Libraries

Posted 22 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § Library § Meme § PopCulture § UK § United States § Video § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!

I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]

Posted 17 August 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

New Regent Place Branch Opens at Regina Public Library

Within a decade, RPL has gone from plans to close three branches plus two specialized units to opening two new branches within the last year and plans to hopefully build a new Central Library eventually. The latest branch opening was the new Regent Place location which happens to be the one closest to my home […]

Posted 15 August 2012 § Library § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Camping at Nickle Lake

Posted 11 August 2012 § Family § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Southern Storm Chasers Find “Last Frontier” On Canadian Prairies

It’s been a pretty wild year for storms on the Prairies with lots of attention from so-called “storm chasers” who, ironically, make the storms even more prevalent by giving them a lot of attention, spotting storms that otherwise would go unreported and even using technology to provide live video streams/tweets/photo and blog updates.

Posted 05 August 2012 § Canada § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – An Old Fashioned Country Fair

A couple weeks ago on my birthday weekend, we went camping at Nickle Lake which is a regional park just outside of Weyburn where Shea's parents have a seasonal camping site.  My parents came down with their camper as well (surprising Shea's folks which is an ongoing back and forth contest between them.)  On the […]

Posted 08 August 2010 § Main Page § Pace § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °