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First Day of School 2019

Grade seven and grade one!

¶ Posted 03 September 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How The Fuck Does Fuckin Shit Work? History of Science Rap

This video is at ~5000 views as I type this. Will be interesting to see if it goes viral and jumps a lot higher as it appears designed to do just that…

¶ Posted 30 August 2019 § Censorship § Meme § Randomness § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, science

Sasha’s Five Cutest Moments From Our “Cow Gary” trip

One of the reasons you travel with children is the opportunity to learn about and experience the world in the way they can’t from a classroom or even books. Here’s a few examples: 5. On the way into Calgary, her brother is “helpfully” giving her a history lesson. “A long time ago, there was a […]

¶ Posted 21 August 2019 § Canada § Humour § List § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, cute, holiday, language, travel

Banff Gondola and Sulphur Mountain Summit

It’s hard to pick a favourite part of our quick trip to Calgary – seeing the pandas at the Calgary Zoo (though gorillas and hippos will always be my favourites), driving past so many of our old haunts (even tried to buzz a neighbour whose name is still on the board at our former condo […]

¶ Posted 20 August 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, cool, economics, history, holiday, science, travel

Pandas Adjusting Wonderfully to Calgary Zoo

We didn’t have many plans for our week off in August (ten days counting weekends on either end) but a chance conversation with a library patron has us heading to Calgary for a few days. We’d been talking about visiting the Calgary Zoo to see the pandas since they were announced as coming. But we […]

¶ Posted 14 August 2019 § Canada § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, cute, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

¶ Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, economics, saskatchewan