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Friday Fun Link – One Day on Earth

A recent documentary features a variety of scenes from all around the world captured on a single day. Here’s the trailer: One Day on Earth – Motion Picture Trailer from One Day On Earth on Vimeo.

¶ Posted 16 September 2011 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, food, health, history, science, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – Do Happier People Work Harder?

The idea of a connection between happiness and productivity is a discussion I’ve had with a few people at work over the past couple years – some who are in agreement with the idea, some who feel there’s no link between happiness and productivity and some who are uncertain (or haven’t given it much thought […]

¶ Posted 14 September 2011 § Library § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, orgdevl, science

Music Monday – “How can you just walk away from me/When all I can do is watch you leave?”

Spooky. Spooky good, that is!

¶ Posted 12 September 2011 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies, music

Some Thoughts on The 10th Anniversary of 9/11

There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world. So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of some of the most interesting things I’ve seen… (Oh, okay – I’ll quickly do my own “Where were you when?” story since I […]

¶ Posted 11 September 2011 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: economics, history, parents, television, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Pace Goes Off The Diving Board

¶ Posted 10 September 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, saskatchewan, travel

“Straight, Not Narrow”: Has Calgary Quietly Become The Most Progressive City in Canada?

Calgary had their annual Pride Parade this past weekend. Pride Parades are commonly held in major cities throughout Canada but Calgary’s recent parade set two important milestones – the first time the mayor of the city has appeared in the parade as new mayor, Naheed Nenshi, served as the parade marshall. The Calgary Flames also […]

¶ Posted 06 September 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, history, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Minus.com

Quinn Dupont was one my classmates in library school who was a constant source of what was the latest and greatest in the technology world. That continues to this day. He recently posted Minus.com on his Facebook feed – a new site to simplify sharing of files that allows a huge amount of storage and […]

¶ Posted 02 September 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Music Monday – “Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild… Rebuild…”

I understand why Steven Page chose to perform a cover of “Hallelujah” at the Jack Layton funeral on Saturday (apparently it was the last song Jack listened to as he slipped away.) But it got me wondering if there was a song in the BNL catalogue which would’ve also worked? Thematically (at least in […]

¶ Posted 29 August 2011 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Sad Sunday – Michael Layton & Sarah Campbell’s Eulogies For Their Father

We were away camping this weekend so I just got to see Jack Layton’s funeral tonight when we got home. It’s hard to choose a saddest or most touching moment from Jack Layton’s funeral on Saturday. But the videos below were definitely two of them. As documented on this blog, I’ve had the honour of […]