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Why I’m Voting “Yes” in the #yqr #wwtp Referendum (And No, It’s Not For The Reasons You Might Expect)

Like the title says, I’m voting “Yes” in the Regina Waste Water Treatment Plant Referendum. But it’s not for the reason you might expect… I think I’ve mentioned in passing on this blog that I sometimes regret getting more heavily involved in party politics, first by joining Ryan Meili’s 2009 Sask NDP Leadership bid […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2013 § Canada § Jobs § Pace § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: economics, language, saskatchewan, science

September 11, 2001 as it happened on CNN – 8:40am to 10:11am

I’m pretty sure I have most of this on a VHS tape somewhere but nice to have it online for easy access and archival purposes…

¶ Posted 11 September 2013 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, unitedstates

“The Book Thief” Movie Trailer

A great book that is “loaded with librarian appeal” is becoming a movie…

¶ Posted 25 August 2013 § Censorship § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book

Alan W. Pollack’s “Notes On” Beatles Series

Way back in the early days of my use of the Internet (around 1996-97), I spent *a lot* of time on Usenet (basically, a precursor of today’s message boards and forums.) I regularly visited a few newsgroups including rec.music.beatles which is where I first came across Alan W. Pollack’s “Notes On” series where he’d do an […]

¶ Posted 20 August 2013 § Internet § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: beatles, language, music

Why Is the UK Losing Its Religion?

“Because they’ve thought about it.” But the times they are a-changing, and if the world wars of the 20th century began to erode religious faith in the west, then the proliferation of the world wide web has only exacerbated that process. “Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever, and this […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2013 § Internet § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, philosophy

What’s Different In Canada?

Happy Canada Day!

¶ Posted 30 June 2013 § Canada § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, hockey, language, science, television, weather

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone viral like so much of the other content he’s provided. One great example – a geography teacher at a Nova Scotia Community College created a cool Google Maps mash-up which […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2013 § Canada § Internet § Meme § MusicMonday § Photo § Technology § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, travel

Two Conventions; One Solution #canpoli #cndpoli #cdnpoli

The Federal Liberals and NDP had conventions this weekend and the respective leaders of each party were in the spotlight – Thomas Mulcair as Leader of the government-in-waiting and Justin Trudeau for being elected the Liberal’s new leader in a landslide. And for all the attention on those two leaders, one of the main things […]