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“I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life.”

I put this on Facebook before the Humboldt Broncos Vigil tonight (and after some time has passed, I may share some other thoughts on that) but wanted to capture it here too since Facebook sucks. 😉 I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life. I was never […]

Saturday Snap – How Can The Library Help In A Time of Tragedy? #humboldtbroncos #humboldtstrong

In tragedies, most people know their roles… First responders race to the scene to face whatever awfulness awaits them. Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel use their skills to do whatever they can to heal the injured. Journalists try to capture, not only the story but the range of emotions that they and their audience is […]

¶ Posted 07 April 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Library § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: book, hockey, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – This Is My Favourite Photo of Mark Messier

After years without quite making it to the ultimate victory, in 1984, only one year after Wayne Gretzky was made his Captain, Mark Messier was drinking from the Stanley Cup. Some other fun facts about Gretzky, Messier and their intertwined destinies: * Messier had 37 points in his first season in the NHL and Gretzky had […]

¶ Posted 23 February 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We’ve Woken Up This Party!” @ryanmeili 2013 Video #skndpldr #skpoli

This is a video I made in the lead-up to the 2013 Sask NDP Leadership Vote. And honestly, do I detect an echo? So many of the things that Ryan led in during in the last leadership race are areas where he’s once again leading in – fundraising, “fun”raising, engaging members, online engagement, etc. etc. etc. […]

¶ Posted 22 February 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, language, saskatchewan

100 Reasons I’m Supporting @ryanmeili for #skndpldr #skpoli

There’s half a dozen reasons I support Ryan in a single photo: 1) he’s now an MLA, 2) he spends a lot of time in the Legislative Library researching and reading, 3) he’s (probably) the only current MLA who has a book in that same library, 4) so many people I knew in that room […]

¶ Posted 18 February 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, health

How A Wardrobe Malfunction Led To The Creation of YouTube

I did not know that. Most remarkably, we have Nipplegate to thank for YouTube. Co-founder Jawed Karim told USA Today that he was inspired to create the video site in 2005 after not being able to find any footage of the incident online. It’s also too bad that Timberlake missed an opportunity during his performance […]

¶ Posted 04 February 2018 § Internet § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, music, television, unitedstates, youtube

Analyzing The December #skndpldr Fundraising Numbers With Hours Left Until The January Donation Deadline #skpoli

Ryan Meili is far ahead of any candidate in either race in terms of number of individuals donating to his campaign, he is currently out-fundraising his NDP opponent, and he is also the *only* leadership candidate in either race not accepting corporate or union donations. For that reason, he has to rely solely on donations […]