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Alberta’s Got Gas and Sask’s Got a Pharm!

I’m currently reading a book called “Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada’s New Power Elite” by Gordon Pitts of the Globe & Mail.  This book came to my attention after winning a 2009 National Business Book Prize and, as you might expect given its title and author, it’s a fairly pro-business look at […]

Posted 28 July 2011 § Library § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The Last Post

A 41-year old blogger in British Columbia dies of complications from stage four colorectal cancer.  Knowing that he’s dying of cancer gives him the wonderful opportunity to compose one last blog entry to be posted after his death where he can write about some of his thoughts on family, life and the beauty of it […]

Posted 26 June 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Google Charges Its R&D Team With Making Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Conventional…

…”within a few years.” So frackin‘ cool if it’s true!

Posted 12 June 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Gimme One Reason

I keep trying to find the perfect article, the perfect viral video, the perfect web site that might convince Conservatives that, if they don’t want to switch their vote, at the least, maybe there’s a reason to stay home on Monday rather than support Stephen Harper? The options always seem to have problems – too […]

Posted 28 April 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Our Cuba Vacation (Before & After)

Posted 11 March 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday – Cuba Bound!

Pace has been counting down the “sleeps” until we go to Cuba on Thursday. Meanwhile his daddy has been counting down “how many days left of standing at the bus stop freezing my butt off?” 😉 We leave Thursday for a week’s vacation and since Cuba is one of the least connected countries in the […]

Posted 01 March 2011 § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § Randomness § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – First Steps in the Sun

This is a tough one to watch – a couple beagles rescued from a laboratory are filmed as they take their first steps outside on grass and into the sun (with mawkish music on the soundtrack to magnify the effect.) (via MetaFilter which gets into an interesting debate about the pros and cons of animal […]

Posted 30 January 2011 § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Making Stairs Fun

It’s no secret that I’m interested in the role of “fun” – fun at work, fun at home, fun in life – not just because fun is, well, FUN! but because I strongly believe it has a real impact on how people work, live and interact. One timely example comes from the National Family Literacy […]

Posted 28 January 2011 § FridayFunLink § Library § MemoryLane § Video § Work ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – World-o-Meters

A very cool statistical representation of various world statistics. (H/T to Kelly P. on Facebook)

Posted 21 January 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Bacon Party!

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 […]

Posted 09 January 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: