Heard the very sad news today that John Mann of Spirit of the West has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Like many people who were college-aged in the 1990’s, Spirit of the West was basically a soundtrack to my life back then. When I went to England on exchange in 1995, the lyric I quoted in […]
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Sasha Smiling For A Good Cause
Shea’s entered a contest to raise funds and awareness for a breast milk drop-off location in Regina, a service our city lacks but desperately needs. To help her along, I volunteered to post a cute Sasha picture to Facebook for every 25 Likes Shea’s contest entry received. Here’s my first “Cute Incentive” picture…
Saturday Snap – Cobb Salad
I don’t post a lot of pictures of food but Shea created something magical the other night that needs to be documented…
Too Many Tabs Tuesday
Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]
Saturday Snap – #yqr Science Rendezvous
Shea took Pace and Sasha to ScienceRendezvous which was happening at the U of R on Saturday. This is a cross-country day celebrating science. At the U of R, all the various science faculties got together to do demonstrations for the general public. I was working but was able to run out to the Uni over my […]
Saturday Snap – One Year Check-up
Sasha enjoying her one year check-up with one of Saskatchewan’s best doctors…
What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?
Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]
“Friends and Family in the News” Edition
Saskatchewan Naval Commander Helps Drug Bust Victoria Divita, only the fourth woman in history to command a Canadian Naval vessel, is from Indian Head. I grew up with Victoria (though I knew her as “Vickie”), she was in my sister’s grade, a couple years younger than me, and in fact, her older brother was best […]
Saturday Snap – One Thing I Noticed About Pace’s Report Card…
I have an English degree so can’t help but notice that Pace went from “MEeeting” to “EsTablished” (which is the highest level in the school’s rating system) in English Language Arts between the first and second terms of Grade One. Shea has a degree in Nursing and I also noticed that his Health Education mark […]