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The Difference Between Obama and Trump In Two Top Twitter Trends

Obama gives a heartfelt, inspiring, intelligent farewell address. Trump has it leaked that he may have paid Russian hookers to urinate on him. :-0 (The claim about Trump is unsubstantiated but it comes from a reliable source in the UK intelligence community, the US intelligence community apparently brought these allegations to the President which they don’t […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2017 § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Friday Fun Link – A New Tradition? December 23 = Kid’s Christmas Donation Day?

Like a lot of parents, Shea and I struggle with how to make sure that our kids (especially Pace now that he’s getting older) understand that Christmas is not just about getting gifts but also about giving. Other years we’ve done things like put toys in Santa Anonymous Bins or other charitable giving. But this […]

¶ Posted 23 December 2016 § Family § Pace § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, holiday, parents, philosophy

10 Crucial Decisions in the 2016 Election That Reshaped America

No matter who wins elections, it’s often the behind-the-scenes articles and books that come out afterwards that are the most interesting in revealing the strategies, infighting and plain lucky breaks that make things go well or go, well, just about as bad as they went for Hillary Clinton a month ago. This is a very […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2016 § List § MemoryLane § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

The Need to Read: Books Remain One of the Best Ways of Engaging With the World, Becoming A Better Person and Understanding Life’s Questions

This is a great article from the Wall Street Journal which is extra relevant in the post-factual world of Donald Trump (who, just today, is now claiming he not only won the electoral college but also won the popular vote and Hillary only won due to millions of people voting illegally. This is insanely incorrect and therefore, […]

¶ Posted 27 November 2016 § Censorship § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language

Friday Fun Link – Analyzing the Best and Worst Movie Accents

A Hollywood accent coach made a video then followed it up with a Reddit AMA…

¶ Posted 18 November 2016 § Canada § Jobs § PopCulture § Travel § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, movies, travel

The Math Behind The Game Spot It!

Sasha and I were playing Spot It! today and it got me thinking how the game manages to have such a vast number of cards and yet there’s always one (and only one) match in the 16 (well, technically 15) symbols shown on any two random cards. (I totally love how the Internet can answer […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2016 § Family § Internet § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, google, science

Indian Head Man’s Letter About Cuts to Mental Health Care Goes Viral

A friend from Indian Head who faced some serious mental health issues posted a letter online about his experiences which has gone viral with hundreds of shares, video views and tons of media coverage.

¶ Posted 04 October 2016 § Meme § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Secular Sunday – Ricky Gervais Destroys Religion in Interview

Honestly, how does anyone believe in god after you think about it for like, seven seconds? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWF-FcXRkxo

¶ Posted 25 September 2016 § Humour § PopCulture § SecularSunday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, philosophy, science

Generational Differences Chart

I’m always interested in the concept of generational differences which has come up a couple times recently – after Shea attended a workshop on reaching out to young people in the workplace and then during a conversation in my workplace where a few of us “oldies” had fun explaining what life was like in the time of cassette […]