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Going Viral

As I posted on Facebook on New Year’s Day, there was a time when puking all night on New Year’s Eve meant you’d had a “good time”.  But this year, it wasn’t such a good time since Pace caught a flu bug and spent the night in bed between Shea and I, puking into a […]

Posted 02 January 2011 § Family § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

2010 “End of Year Questions” Meme: BC Bound, Getting Kinected, Hello SILS!

I’ve done this every year since I started this blog and once again, here’s a quick summary of my 2010 in meme form: 1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Since my grandparents lived in BC for most of my life (they left Saskatchewan the year I was born so how’s that […]

Posted 31 December 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Santa Comes Early (Just Move Your Hands)

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 […]

Posted 24 November 2010 § Family § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , ,

A Great Way For Women to Support Movember (Other Than Donating Money of Course)

Today is “Have Sex With a Guy With a Mustache” Day, created (by Maxim magazine?  Oh, sorry – I mean, Asylum magazine) as a way for women to support the men they love as they grow all those oh-so-sexy soup strainers in support of prostate cancer. In related news, I thought about registering for Movember […]

Posted 18 November 2010 § Family § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Sappy Sunday – Days With My Father

A very moving photo-essay about living with a parent with Alzheimer’s (featuring some very unique web design as well – click at the bottom of each page to advance to the next one.) (via Reddit)

Posted 03 October 2010 § Family § Sad ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Saccharine Sunday – 90 Days With AIDS

“A woman with AIDS is filmed briefly, every day, for 90 days, and the changes she undergoes are dramatic. The very end may make you weep, but perhaps not for the reasons you expect.” Aids PSA Topsy from Human Music & Sound Design on Vimeo. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 29 August 2010 § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: