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Newfoundland Trip – Music Monday – “To wake in the early morn/To the sound of the old fog horn/And wait for the men to return/With their boats in the bay”

Last Monday, I wrote about the musical cultures of the various provinces. Now that I’m here in Newfoundland, the musicality of this province is overwhelming. I couldn’t name a single folk song that unifies the people of Saskatchewan (does “Last Saskatchewan Pirate” count?) whereas I’ve heard the song below probably half a dozen times in […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2011 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: music, saskatchewan, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Ferryland Picnic

And how’s your day going? 😉

¶ Posted 03 July 2011 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, travel

Newfoundland Trip – Saturday Snap – St. John’s Street

¶ Posted 02 July 2011 § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, travel

Happy Canada Day!

The perfect song for both Canada Day and also for a couple of flatlander farmers hanging out with the fishermen in Newfoundland…

¶ Posted 01 July 2011 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, saskatchewan, travel

A Father’s Day Ramble

With my self-imposed “you must post daily” rule for this blog, I admit there are lots of days when I mail it in by posting a few brief lines or a single link to a different web site. But then, there are some days when I feel like I should put a bit more effort […]

¶ Posted 19 June 2011 § Family § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents

“Daddy, You Need Mommy To Give You ‘Talking Real’ Needles!”

Four years ago, I never imagined that I’d be laying in bed tonight with my perfect, wonderful son, having this conversation: “What am I made of, daddy?” “You’re made of lots of stuff – bones and muscles and skin.” “And what else?” “Well, did you know that most people are mostly made up of water?” […]

¶ Posted 19 May 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, parents

Resurrecting An Idea…

Last Christmas, I did a week-long series of posts exploring the topic of religion in general and my atheism specifically. One of my posts was about how, even though believers will give dozens of reasons why they are religious, from my perspective there were three main reasons I thought people actually were religious – whether […]

¶ Posted 24 April 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: atheism, history, science

And Now You Know…

One of the bad things about not being religious is I don’t have a full and complete understanding of much of what happens within the world of religion and why (What? Most religious folk don’t either? Oh…) Anyhow, luckily I have my own god in the form of Google which provides answers to all of […]

¶ Posted 21 April 2011 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Internet in Cuba

A few random thoughts on Internet (or lack thereof) during our recent week-long holiday in Cuba… I am happy to report that I didn’t have any seizures or meltdowns after a week without Internet access of any kind. (In comparison, even when we went to Mexico in 2003, I ended up going to a nearby […]

¶ Posted 03 April 2011 § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics

Five Theories on Why Cuba Is Still Embargoed

Why there’s still a US Embargo against Cuba, especially since the Cold War is over and it’s now easier for a US citizen to travel to Moscow than Havana, is a question I’ve pondered in the past but especially since our recent trip. Here are a few theories I’ve come across… 1. After I got […]