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How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2019 § Canada § News § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Multi-Year Fence Project Finally Finished? (May 2014, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019)

We’ve been replacing our forty year old original fence in a series of mini-projects over the past five years. We started with the back part of our yard in May 2014 which was a major job as the neighbour directly behind us (no back alley) is at the end of a crescent on a pie-shaped […]

¶ Posted 30 May 2019 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents, weather

Minot Public Library Adds Another Incentive to Read – Cash!

Minot Public Library is partnering with Bank of North Dakota’s College SAVE program to provide one more incentive to participants in its summer reading program: money. College SAVE is the state’s 529 plan to help residents save for college. Every young reader who signs up for the Minot Public Library’s Summer Reading Program will have […]

¶ Posted 29 May 2019 § Library § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, unitedstates

Music Monday – “I’m up after midnight, cooking/Trying to make my rent/I’m rough but I’m pleasin’/I was raised on robbery”

“Raised on Robbery” – Joni Mitchell

¶ Posted 27 May 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Raptors Make NBA Finals

Highlights…

¶ Posted 27 May 2019 § Canada § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ontario

Friday Fun Link – What’s the Secret of the Most Successful Jeopardy Champion of All-Time? The Children’s Library!

James Holzhauer hasn’t caught Ken Jennings in terms of number of victories in a row but he’s setting records for most money won per game which is arguably a more impressive achievement? His secret? Studying easy-to-read introductory books on a wide variety of subjects at the children’s library!

¶ Posted 03 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, television

10 Thoughts From The @sask_ndp #yqr Coronation Park Nomination Meeting #skpoli

Shea and I went to the Sask NDP’s Coronation Park Nomination Meeting tonight and it was wilder than we ever expected – over 400 rowdy people crammed into Thom Collegiate’s auditorium to hear from three candidates – April Bourgeois, Noor Burki, and Chris Gust – and choose the person who will represent our home constituency […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2019 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

20 Things Nobody Saw Coming in Avengers: Endgame

The best part of seeing a big tentpole movie on opening weekend is that you can go on the Internet again without fear of seeing SPOILERS:

¶ Posted 28 April 2019 § Censorship § Internet § Meme § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, movies

Friday Fun Link – Exploring Acquisitions with Coteau Books

Pretty proud to be a board member for this organization and if we’re thinking of fun, one of the most enjoyable parts of the job is having the opportunity to have a say in which manuscripts become published books!