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@ryanMeili Monday – The Most Important Endorsement? #skndpldr

Trent Wotherspoon got the endorsement of a trio Manitoba MLA’s today, Cam Broten posted one from a retired Director of Education and Ryan Meili got what could be described as quasi-endorsements from high-profile NDP MP’s Libby Davies (Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Health Critic) and Niki Ashton (Critic for Women’s Issues) in an e-mail blast to […]

Posted 07 January 2013 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

The NHL’s Back But Hockey Never Left

I know it’s a Tim Hortons commercial designed to tug the heart strings but it does a good job of summarizing why hockey is so important in the Canadian psyche… And just to reinforce the impression that my blog suddenly has Tim Horton’s sponsorship, a Timbits highlights reel… Finally, an old blog post about my […]

Posted 06 January 2013 § Canada § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Literacy Privilege: How I Learned To Check Mine Instead of Making Fun of People’s Grammar on the Internet”

Got involved in a discussion today which led to this article about a repentant “Grammar Nazi” who realised that her judging of people who had bad spelling and grammar on the Internet was her reinforcing that she had all kinds of privileges that the people she was making fun of didn’t – education, income, security, […]

Posted 02 January 2013 § Internet § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Celebrating Some @ryanMeili #skndpldr Firsts on the First Day of 2013

As he did in 2009, Ryan Meili is once again spearheading an extremely innovative leadership campaign that has all kinds of potential to change the way politics are done in Saskatchewan. Here are just a few examples of Meili “Firsts” in the current campaign… First candidate to use a mobile-friendly domain hack for his web […]

Posted 01 January 2013 § Meme § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

First Lines from Each Month of My 2012 Blog Posts

  January – “I’ve made no secret of my love of lists and how this is the best time of the year for lists.” February – “I’ve mentioned Quora a couple times before.” March – “My prediction?  This new movie from comedian Bobcat Goldthwait won’t cause any controversy at all.” April – “I’ve done some […]

Posted 30 December 2012 § Blog § Internet § MemoryLane § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Which Book Made The Most “Best of” Lists in 2012?

This is an interesting way to determine the best book of the year – see which book(s) made the most “Best of” lists?  (Kind of like using Google PageRank algorithm but for book lists!)  Of course the book on the most lists is one I hadn’t heard of – bad librarian, bad! In my own […]

Posted 27 December 2012 § Library § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Wrapper’s Delight: A Brief History of Wrapping Paper

From The Atlantic.

Posted 26 December 2012 § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

My Annual Christmas Blasphemy Tradition

Because what’s Christmas without tradition? (I evidently like tradition!) Merry Christmas 2012!

Posted 25 December 2012 § Blog § Censorship § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Skeptical History of Christmas

Happy Festivus!

Posted 23 December 2012 § Censorship § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

I Am (Not) Adam Lanza’s Mother

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, […]

Posted 16 December 2012 § Family § Meme § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,