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Category Archives: Wisdom

Omni.com (and Some Thoughts on My Current Digital Life)

Information overload is a well-known condition these days and the situation is only getting worse as more useful web sites, more  granulated social networks and more cool media outlets gain popularity and battle for your attention. I’ve been thinking a lot about that and increasingly, I find myself wishing there was a single web site […]

Posted 20 May 2012 § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

Posted 17 May 2012 § Humour § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

TedxRegina

After an extremely long day, I’m pretty tired. Hopefully I’ll revisit my TedxRegina experience in the next day or two. But for now…

Posted 16 May 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them…

Posted 10 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Obama Comes Out

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to officially come out in support of gay marriage (not “civil unions” aka the semantic wankery that gets used so often in the US to denote “different but equal“) The timing is good coming in the wake of a North Carolina vote that saw the state’s […]

Posted 09 May 2012 § Family § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Great Way To Fire Someone

I was talking with a colleague today about the process of having to fire people.  I said I’d had this experience twice – once when I had to fire someone, once when I begged for clemency for an employee whose job was on the line.  (I thought this employee was being targeted for the wrong […]

Posted 08 May 2012 § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Food Network 100 Greatest Cooking Tips of All-Time

I’m hungry just reading this awesome list!

Posted 06 April 2012 § FridayFunLink § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“I am very real” – Kurt Vonnegut Addresses The Teacher and School Board That Burned His Book

A great defence of the freedom to read by my favourite author when a North Dakota community burns his book.  More at MetaFilter. In completely unrelated news, we’re off to Minot, ND for a weekend of water slides, shopping and America-only treats like Pandora and Cherry Coke.  😉

Posted 05 April 2012 § Family § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Where Are You on the Global Pay Scale?

This interactive graph allows you to enter your monthly, pre-tax wage then see where you fit against the average wage for your country and other countries around the world. Pretty sobering to see that Shea’s and my current wages put us both above the highest per capita earners in the world (Luxembourg) and makes you […]

Posted 30 March 2012 § FridayFunLink § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“You Don’t Have To Suffer Alone”

The Leader Post recently featured a revealing article about Regina lawyer, activist and federal NDP candidate, Noah Evanchuk (I’d link to the Wikipedia page I created about him but the bastards at Wikipedia think that being a candidate in a federal election isn’t enough to make you notable unless you win the election.  Stupid, made […]

Posted 29 March 2012 § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,