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The World’s Longest Waterslide (And Some Thoughts on Zen Videos, Feelings of Melancholy and Modern Technology)

There’s something very zen about watching a video of someone going down the Guinness World Record Holding world’s longest waterslide which snakes through a jungle in Malaysia (some feel that the slowness of the slide is a negative but I disagree.) At the same time, there’s also something melancholy about thinking about how vast our […]

¶ Posted 13 March 2022 § Internet § Randomness § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: travel

Friday Funk Link – 10 Ways To Make A Winter Trip to West Edmonton Mall Feel Like A Tropical Vacation

Contrary to the impression you might get from some western Premiers, the Covid pandemic is not over. But with vaccinations and boosters also being increasingly common, we’re all slowly returning to “normal” (whatever that is.) Shea and I weren’t quite ready to book an out-of-country hot holiday as that leads to all sorts of other […]

¶ Posted 25 February 2022 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, allinclusive, Covid, holiday, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Arriving at West Edmonton Mall (February 2014)

¶ Posted 25 February 2022 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, holiday

There’s Something Special About Watching The #Oilers Lose In Edmonton

Whether it’s the crowd being silenced live at Rogers Place or studiously staring into their nachoes at a sports bar in the West Edmonton Mall, watching the Oilers lose while on a holiday in Edmonton feels so much better than watching from a distance. And former Flame, Mike Smith, is a huge part of the […]

¶ Posted 23 February 2022 § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Off To Edmonton

Would love to be heading to Mexico or Cuba but instead, we’re off to Edmonton for a “hot” holiday for a week. I may or may not post through the week.

¶ Posted 18 February 2022 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fantasyland Hotel (February 2014)

With international travel still a bit uncertain (especially if you ended up having to extend your stay due to a positive test at the destination or isolate when you got home), we’ve decided to book a trip to Edmonton where we haven’t been since 2014. We leave in a week and are getting pretty excited…

¶ Posted 10 February 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, holiday, travel

Scientific Sunday – Tonga Volcanic Eruption May Be Largest Ever Seen From Space

Pretty good summary of the recent volcanic eruption in the south pacific…

¶ Posted 16 January 2022 § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, science

Friday Fun Link – Kelloggs vs. GenZ

Kellogg’s workers in the States who have been on strike since October (in the US, apparently workers aren’t guaranteed their job after a strike as I believe is the case in Canada) were in the process of being laid off en masse by the company who wanted to hire 1400 permanent replacement workers. A bunch […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Lest We Forget (Grandpa Peet, circa 1944?)

My Grandpa Peet drove a tank in Holland during the war (Grandpa Hammond couldn’t enlist due to health reasons so he supported the war effort by continuing to farm back in Canada.) That’s why Remembrance Day is perhaps when I think of my Grandpa Peet more than any day of the year…the life he led, […]