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Sarah Palin Resigns, Is Naughty Librarian?

Sarah Palin announced her resignation on July 3, the Friday before a long weekend which is the classic tactic of a politician trying to bury bad news.   But this is Sarah Palin we're talking about here and some are even speculating that she actually timed this announcement to try and tie her news into […]

Posted 06 July 2009 § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Late Link – Nerds vs. Jocks – The True Cultural Divide in America

John Hodgman roasts Barack Obama at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner while trying to decide if the new President is a nerd or a jock (and including a subtle message that perhaps the expectations for Obama were set too high?).

Posted 21 June 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Barack Obama Reads "Where The Wild Things Are" at the White House Easter Egg Hunt

Pretty good technique…is there anything this man can't do?(Thanks to Pam J. for the link via Facebook)

Posted 16 April 2009 § Main Page § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Vegas Photos Are Up!

Although I have to admit that I didn't take nearly as many as I normally would – both because I often find that having a lens to your eye all the time removes you from the experience and also because, frankly, you can go to Flickr and find photos of anything we visited – the […]

Posted 16 March 2009 § Main Page § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Five Things I Wanted To Do In Vegas That I Never Got Around To

1. Visit one of their local libraries.  2. Take in a second show besides “Love” (Penn & Teller would've been awesome as would have any of the other Cirque shows)3. Eat at In 'n' Out Burger – a no-frills California chain that's sort of like McDonald's but with high-quality, healthy ingredients.  4. Put $10 on […]

Posted 15 March 2009 § List § Main Page § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – "You Always Double Down on 11" (March 14, 2009)

Apparently they had cameras following me around in Vegas.  Here's a clip from the upcoming documentary…

Posted 14 March 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

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: