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Category Archives: Xmas

Why You Can Still Celebrate Thanksgiving (Even If You Hate Colonialism)

I’m not sure if the person who wrote this article about feeling conflicted at Thanksgiving is First Nations (or Aboriginal/Indian/Native depending on who you’re talking to and/or what country – or part of the country – you’re in) but the person who posted it to Facebook definitely is which is part of the reason I […]

Posted 07 October 2012 § Canada § Censorship § Family § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The 100 Saddest Songs

A whole bunch of sadness in convenient list form. Coincidentally, I’ve just made a playlist on Rdio called “Guaranteed Tears” where I tried to collect all of the songs that have made me cry in the past. (Sad songs list via MetaFilter)  

Posted 26 August 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!

I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]

Posted 17 August 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Before & After

Posted 26 December 2009 § Main Page § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

The Perfect Present for Everyone This Christmas

The person who designed this display obviously has a good sense of humour!

Posted 25 December 2009 § Humour § Main Page § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis – Neko Case Covers Tom Waits

Merry Christmas everyone!

Posted 25 December 2009 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "But now you do what they told ya"

I've mentioned the annual battle to top the UK pop charts during Christmas week before but this year's contest was especially intriguing.  The main contender was a song by this year's winner of “X-Factor”, a UK reality singing show similar to American Idol (actually, it's a copycat show created by Simon Cowell so he'd have […]

Posted 22 December 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) °

Saturday Snap – Sparkle Tour Highlight

This home was one of the highlights of our sparkle tour in my hometown tonight.  (We're having Early Christmas with my parents this weekend then going to Shea's parents' for the actual day.)

Posted 20 December 2009 § Main Page § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea #598 – Jones' Xmas Theme Soda

You might want to skip Tofurkey and Gravy Soda this year but previous years' holiday offerings sounded pretty good!

Posted 18 December 2009 § Humour § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached.  Obviously being in Canada, this isn't as handy but you can still send it to someone you know in the US (or if you don't know anyone, why not drop […]

Posted 05 December 2009 § Internet § Main Page § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: