I’m not sure whether to be proud or sad that I caught the vast majority of the references in this video… (If you prefer text links, this one has many of the same memes in the video. And here’s a summary of the year from a Canadian perspective.)
This blog post by the mother of a mentally-ill son, posted in the wake of the Connecticut shootings, was making the viral rounds. Although I found it an interesting piece of writing with potentially some good points being made about the stigma of mental illness and the struggles of families trying to deal with it, […]
Penn Jillette with a great monologue/rant about various aspects of religion & politics and where they intersect – from how most “Christians” have united under a single banner in the last 40 years at the expense of early atheists like Mark Twain to the growing influence of non-believers in politics plus Mitt Romney’s magic underwear […]
This is the CBC story from the Regina Coronation Park & Democrats Abroad US Election viewing party last Tuesday. (You can also play “spot the Jason” and “spot the Shea” in the background of a few shots.) This is probably also a good place to record some recent Pace cuteness/genius moments: related to the election, […]
Inspirational… And this clip from Rachel Maddow is pretty good too.
Pundits were split along ideological lines but most statistical analysis predicted it was a near-sure thing. But I still wasn’t sure myself, not after the paths for a Romney victory faded away, not even after CNN projected an Obama victory. But I’ve just watched Mitt Romney concede, am awaiting Obama’s acceptance speech and it’s going […]
With Ryan Meili in New York today for the launch of “A Healthy Society” at Bluestockings Bookstore in Manhattan at 7pm (and with him getting some pretty high profile attention via a post by Niki Ashton on Michael Moore’s web site), I thought it might be worth re-posting a link to an earlier blog post […]
As if Mitt Romney hasn’t been damaged enough by secret camera videos, this clip just came out, only a couple weeks before the US election, which claims to peel back the veil on secret Mormon rituals which demonstrate, among other things, how a Romney Presidency would eliminate any barriers between church and state. Of course, […]
Google Street View (Ocean View?) now allows you to “swim” through various underwater locations including Hanauma Bay on Oahu where I fell in love with snorkeling as a kid and Molokini Crater which was one of many highlights during our Hawaii trip last January. View Larger Map View Larger Map
