The United States is one of the few countries left in the world which embraces capital punishment (look at who else is on that list – no one else in the first world and otherwise a great bunch of company, eh?). A big part of the lore around death row inmates (perhaps straddling the line […]
Went to the first annual Noche Latina fundraiser for Jaime Garcia, NDP candidate in Regina-Coronation Park tonight and it was a total blast – great music, awesome entertainment and unbelievable food, all shared with old and new friends! (Shea’s highlight was the coconut shrimp ceviche, mine was the homemade Mexican chocolate ice cream – my […]
A very cool statistical representation of various world statistics. (H/T to Kelly P. on Facebook)
As opposed to a “sausage party“, a bacon party would be something I would be very excited to attend! 😉 In fact, if queried, I would likely say that bacon is one of my favourite foods – definitely top five anyhow. (Shea and I have been known to cook up four pounds of bacon at […]
Shea’s been wanting a Wii for a long time and it was looking like we’d get one this Christmas. But then, she came across the XBox Kinect – a motion-based gaming system where, instead of any handheld controller, your body motions are scanned by a camera/scanner combo placed somewhere near your TV and that’s how […]
I had a longish post in mind but with perfect timing, I was at work all day on Friday feeling fine then got home, immediately started shivering and fell into bed for a couple hours. The rest of the weekend was a rotating spin of bed, bathroom and my good friend (Pepto) Bismal. Now, after […]
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An interesting photo slideshow from NYT of how much of various foods you can get for a dollar. (via MetaFilter and in honour of some enjoyable time spent with MetaFilter moderator, Jessamyn West today at the RPL Staff Conference. There are exactly four MetaFilter members in the Regina area. I am one of them. Yay […]
Pancake? Pace? Perfection?
I discovered Sriarcha (Rooster) hot sauce when I was first introduced to Vietnamese restaurants. I still remember the first time I tried it – like so many folks, I suspect the “well, it looks like ketchup, maybe it tastes like ketchup?” thought process was in place. Of course, that’s not quite true and like the […]
One from the archives. A cute shot of Pace on his first birthday where he seems to be saying “Where’s my cake?”
