Well, it’s November 13 and we’ve got the tree up and decorated already. Asked hypothetically on Facebook and the opinion was split – don’t put it up before December 1 vs. it’s a busy time of year so whenever you get a chance. Plus I like the sentiment of the person who said “You don’t […]
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Posted 13 November 2010
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Spider-Pace in action on Halloween, originally uploaded by headtale.
Opening of the Saskatchewan Legislature – Oct 27, 2010, originally uploaded by headtale. Here’s a shot from the opening of the fall session of Saskatchewan’s Legislature. When I got invited, I thought it was to sit in the gallery but turns out we got to sit on the floor, right behind where the MLA’s sit […]
I first saw Spike Lee’s documentary, “Do It Acapella” back around 1990 or 1991. In those days, if you saw something on TV, it was gone unless you were watching a channel like MuchMusic that repeated it’s programming on a set (six hour?) rotation throughout the day. In that case, you could set your VCR […]
Last year, folks online showed the growing power of social media by making a fifteen year old, anti-authority Rage Against the Machine song the UK #1 Christmas Number One. This year, another Internet-based group, Cage Against the Machine, has sprung up with an even better idea for what famous song should be propelled to this […]
Watching the rescue of the trapped miners in Chile over the past 24 hours, I thought it might be interesting to try to rank the most engrossing TV moments of my life. I’m obviously thinking of news events so “Canada wins Gold in hockey” and “First Survivor Finale” don’t make the cut. The rescue of […]
A recent study found that 80% of kids have an online presence by the age of two. I’m not sure how they define “online presence” – it could be anything from “someone uploads a pic of a new baby to Facebook” all the way to “parents create Facebook profile for their newborn!” (although obviously a […]
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Posted 09 October 2010
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The Riders once again beat the Bombers in the annual Labour Day Classic at Taylor Field and, with the game happening on a Sunday, I got to thinking about some of the similarities between team sports and religion… TEN SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPORT & RELIGION 1. Both sport and religion take place in ornate temples regarded […]
On my old blog, whenever I missed posting but felt guilty about it since I try to post on a daily basis, I’d just backdate a post the next day (or whenever I got around to it) and pretend nothing had happened. Since yesterday was the first time this happened on my new blog, I […]
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Posted 01 September 2010
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