Saturday Snap – “I Don’t Know!”

Our new favourite Sasha trick is saying “Sasha…I don’t know” then watching her make this cute face…

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Friday Fun Link – You’re Getting Old

Great site to show you a bunch of details and trivia based on how old you are.

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Full Circle (November 2007)

This is a picture of me sitting at the circulation desk of the Indian Head branch library that I grew up with and ended up as supervisor for in my first job after doing my Master of Library Science degree.

Jason at Indian Head Public Library

Jason at Indian Head Public Library

 

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists.

I’ve got a lot of reasons but my own two-sentence answer would be something like this:

When I was a kid, my friend and I were really into Greek mythology.  He pointed out that the Greeks believed in their gods as much as people today believe in the Bible’s god. But as far as he was concerned, people just moved Mount Olympus higher into the sky.

Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day

Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward.  Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying $40/month for calls to and from both sets of parents (which we can still do with our smartphones) and otherwise, 90% of our calls were spammers, surveys, or spammy surveys.

Next step will be cutting the cable cord although that one might be a bit tougher as I’m still pretty attached to the cable (and then satellite) television I grew up on.  Hell, I paid part of my way through college selling cable TV subscriptions for Image Cable Systems in rural Saskatchewan.  They say you can’t sell something you don’t believe in and I helped Image win National Marketing Awards for the campaigns I was involved in. So yeah, cable TV means a lot to me and getting rid of that will be a much bigger leap to make! 😉

Anyhow, if you need to reach Shea or I, call our cells…

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for all you’ve done/I never felt like I went without with what I had/And I’m proud to be your son/And I’m proud to call you my dad”

A video I made a couple years back which has a Father’s Day theme…

Pier 21” – John Wort Hannam

“Some Reasons” Redux… (aka Happy Father’s Day To My Dad!)

Sunset at Crooked Lake

Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become.

It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog.  And since dad turned 70 this year, I thought Father’s Day would be a great time to re-visit that list.

Love you very much dad!

Saturday Snap – Happy Father’s Day (One Day Early)

To my own dad and to the kid who made me a dad for the first time (Sasha would’ve been in this photo too but she was back in the campsite doing a really good job of staying away from the water!)

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Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament…

* Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup.

* Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although not 2014 World Cup – image.

* The World Cup of Everything Else – how various countries stack up in a range of different measures and categories

* The World Cup By The Numbers

* 50 Insane World Cup Facts

* Betting Sites Can Often Give Good Insight Into Who Will Ultimately Win Sports (and Political) Events

* Who to cheer for in the World Cup flowchart.  (England’s not my home country but the England/the UK is where all my ancestors came from so that’s why I cheer for England – even though I also answer “Yes” to the second question on the flow chart which says that having traveled abroad to England is a reason I *shouldn’t* cheer for them.  But yeah, Go England!)

…many of the links above plus lots more interesting stuff can be found by searching Reddit’s r/infographics for “World Cup”

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Shea and Jason at West Edmonton Mall in August 2000

In my never-ending quest to have a theme for each day of the week that eliminates the need to put actual thought into my daily blog posts, I’m going to try out the Throwback Thursday theme that’s so popular on Twitter and Facebook these days. And as an extra bonus, I don’t even have to think of something to write – I can just find an old photo! 😉

Let’s start off with one of the oldest photos I have scanned into digital format on my computer – a shot of Shea and I at West Edmonton Mall in 2000.  We must’ve enjoyed the trip – less than a year later, we were living in Calgary!

Shea and Jason at West Edmonton Mall