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Live From Las Vegas, It's…A Quick Summary of My Trip To Vegas

Sitting in McCarran airport in Vegas just waiting for our flight departure.  After a couple *really* close calls on the way down – both in Regina (long security line-up) and Calgary (half-hour delay leaving Regina due to aforementioned long security lines meant we had half an hour to sprint through Calgary airport, clear customs, find […]

Posted 13 March 2009 § Main Page § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "How I wish that there were more/Than twenty-four hours in the day/Cause even if there were forty more/I wouldn't sleep a minute anyway" – March 2, 2009

So, on somewhat short notice, Shea and I have decided to head for Sin City (except that we'll have Pace in tow so “sin” will be restricted to too much sugar and staying up later than 8pm.)  How this came about is that my parents called last weekend that they'd won a free flight to […]

Posted 03 March 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

"Even Firefox Thinks That Shit Is Ridiculous"

You love celebrity gossip, admit it.  And when I need my fix, I visit What Would Tyler Durden Do (wwtdd.com) which has some of the funniest snarky comments you'll find on the Internet (that's a pretty high bar right there!)  A recent post about the “celebrity” mother of the octuplets in California caught my eye […]

Posted 13 February 2009 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Why Canadian Banks Are The Most Solid In The World

A Newsweek story focusing on the different cultures of banks in the US and Canada and what that's meant for each country's respective economic situation.(via Reddit)

Posted 08 February 2009 § Canada § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Single Reddit Screen Cap Shows Why Our World Is So Messed Up

Posted 29 January 2009 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Couple Interesting Inaugural Address Links

The Atlantic Monthly takes a look at the techniques and deeper meaning of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address.The Toronto Star presents word clouds of previous Inaugural Addresses including Obama's.  (Thanks to Sandra M. for this link.) Oh, and my former classmate, Ian L., got a shout-out on the highly-trafficked (and one of the first) Internet blog, […]

Posted 23 January 2009 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

President Barack Hussein Obama

MetaFilter.

Posted 21 January 2009 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Maybe Saskatchewan's (Dairy Cows Are) On To Something After All

Saskatchewan is the only province in Canada that doesn't observe daylight saving time and the commonly accepted wisdom here is that the reason for this decision has to do with the fact that the time swap would be hugely disruptive to dairy cows – which apparently don't exist elsewhere in Canada.   (Oh, and in […]

Posted 22 November 2008 § Main Page § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) °

Obama Front Pages From Around The World – What History Looks Like

He won.  And history looks like this…

Posted 05 November 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Liveblogging The Election

Well, CNN has inspired me to start a live blog which I'll update as the night goes on…feel free to hit REFRESH if you want to hear my deep thoughts as the night progresses…6:17pmCNN has unveiled HOLOGRAMS into their coverage.  Jessica Yellin has just appeared in the studio like some weird Princess Leia!  (Oh God, […]

Posted 05 November 2008 § Main Page § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °