Pace has been counting down the “sleeps” until we go to Cuba on Thursday. Meanwhile his daddy has been counting down “how many days left of standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off?” 😉 We leave Thursday for a week’s vacation and since Cuba is one of the least connected countries in the […]
No, that post title is not a joke. (Well, mostly not a joke.) The reality is that I’m only slightly ashamed to admit that I find Justin Bieber and his recent rise to stardom fascinating. There’s the fact that he’s from Woodstock, ON, just down the road from London. [Edit: I’m obviously not *that* fascinated […]
An AskMetaFilter thread on books & movies to help someone construct meaning from a non-religious point of view.
[Edit: I’ve gone back and added a few links to this post and re-worded a few points for clarification in the subsequent days and weeks after this was originally posted.] Just to be clear, even to write that post title made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. In fact, I still strongly […]
I was barely able to pass Stats in library school so this article makes next to no sense to me. But the analysis sure sounds impressive! 😉 (One figure that I do know – I’d always heard that shootouts where 1/3 “score” versus 2/3 “save or miss” and after 1500+ shootouts in the NHL under […]
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Posted 29 December 2010
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If you watched the movie “Creation“, you know that Charles Darwin struggled mightily about publishing his theory of evolution. He knew the negative impact his theory could have on organized religion and especially those closest to him since, as was the nature of the time, many in his circle of friends and acquaintances, including his […]
Dr. Sam Trosow holds a pretty special place in my FIMS experience as both the first and last professor I had classes with. Thinking about my first class is pretty funny in retrospect but at the time quite stressful since I mis-read my schedule as my first night class happening at 7pm when in reality, […]
In my ongoing quest to completely compartmentalize this blog, I’ve decided to add yet another themed day to go along with Music Mondays, Friday Fun Links, Saturday Snaps and the occasional Sappy Sunday. Wisdom Wednesday is going to be a place where I’ll try to either write something that has a bit deeper analysis or […]
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Posted 01 December 2010
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