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Category Archives: United States

Two Dozen Retailers Won’t Open on American #Thanksgiving (And They’re Shaming the Ones That Will)

Some of the best known companies in the United States including Costco, Home Depot and TJ Maxx have taken a family-first approach to American Thanksgiving after watching “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving named as such since it’s the day many retailers “get in the black” for the year) increasingly encroaching on one of America’s biggest family holidays. […]

¶ Posted 27 November 2014 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, unitedstates

Pirate Joes: A Unique Take on Cross-Border Shopping

A friend in Vancouver posted this story on Facebook mentioning that the story of a local man who’s going across the border, buying hundreds of thousands of dollars from Trader Joe’s (which doesn’t have stores in Canada) then re-selling the goods at his “Pirate Joe’s Store” is apparently a big deal out there. I’m obviously […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2014 § Canada § Jobs § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, economics, travel, unitedstates

The Falling Man: The Most Famous Image Most People Haven’t Seen

Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed since 2001 and raises some questions on how it might have been different had a similar disaster occurred in 2014? Would the […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2014 § Censorship § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Holiday Weekend Catch-Up

I took a couple days off on Monday and Tuesday to have an extended long weekend to go camping with Shea’s and my folks and to attend Shea’s cousin’s wedding. Which means I need to do another extended weekend catch-up of missed blog posts… Saturday Snap As mentioned, we went to Shea’s cousin’s wedding at […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, cute, history, holiday, music, saskatchewan, unitedstates

70% of Canadians Are Lefties, It’s the Exact Opposite in the US and No One Knows Why (Oh, And This Isn’t A Post About Politics, It’s About…

…what hand we use to shoot in hockey. (I’m a lefty but my dad’s a righty. Pace and I were on the driveway playing tonight and he was shooting right as well. Weird.) (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 13 August 2014 § Canada § Pace § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: hockey, science, unitedstates

11 Arresting Facts About “Orange Is The New Black”

Shea’s and my current favourite show, “Orange Is The New Black” just had its second season released on Netflix this weekend. Unlike traditional broadcast TV shows, viewers the option to watch all new episodes on their own time including, if you choose, the day of their release in a single binge watch session. After a couple […]

¶ Posted 08 June 2014 § Internet § List § PopCulture § Shea § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

¶ Posted 02 June 2014 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, television, unitedstates

2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts & Figures

¶ Posted 28 May 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams. The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]