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Music Monday – “Some folks light a candle, some hang a wreath/Some folks got a god, some don’t believe/Some folks meditate, some go to church/And some poor folks can’t get the day off work”

“Merry Happy Whatever” – Doohickeys (featuring Wolves of Glendale)

¶ Posted 01 December 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, music

Saturday Snap – Snowbody’s Perfect

View this post on Instagram Went out to Indian Head for a delicious Vietnamese supper with a bunch of friends from high school and a few other locals then our group took in a humorous amateur play at The Grand Theatre…

¶ Posted 29 November 2025 § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food

One Month Until Christmas

We’ve had a tree from Costco since we lived in Calgary twenty years ago. Buying at Costco is dangerous b/c trees that look “normal” sized in their giant warehouse are GIGANTIC when you get them into your house. So we’ve always enjoyed our tree but also always found it quite big. Last year, we bought […]

¶ Posted 25 November 2025 § Charlie Echo § MemoryLane § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, xmas

Secular Sunday – Blasphemous Nativity Scene?

Or is this new addition to our Christmas decorations more of a Naivety Scene???

¶ Posted 23 November 2025 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hotel Riu Cancun (March 2004)

Shea and I have rarely (never?) stayed at the same brand of hotel during our various all-inclusive trips over the years, always interested in trying new places (though we lean heavily on the Cancun/Mayan Riviera area lately compared to moving around more when we first starting going to resorts.) We stayed at a Riu during […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2025 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics

Saturday Snap – Halloween Zombies? Or ???

My son and his girlfriend dressed up as zombies to hand out candy. But the funniest was one kid goes “Are you dressed up as Vomit People?”

¶ Posted 01 November 2025 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – Halloween Surprise (Oct 2012)

Still one of my best “Creating Memories” dad moments. When he was little, Pace was massively into Batman. So I went out to Spirit of Halloween the night before Halloween and bought a Robin costume which I wore to work then messaged Shea to send Pace out to the street in costume when I got […]

¶ Posted 30 October 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute

Saturday Snap – Happy 54th Anniversary Mom and Dad!

The surprise birthday cake was a hit! (I’ve also been thinking a lot lately about the concept of “thoughtfulness” and how that interacts with kindness and empathy. Might be a topic for a future Wisdom Wednesday post…)