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Debate Night: Similarities & Differences Between US Presidential Race and #skndpldr

The first US Presidential Election is tonight and it will be an entertaining spectacle as always (or not). The debates have got me thinking about the similarities and differences between the current US Presidential Election and the race for the leadership of the Saskatchewan NDP. Similarities Between The US Presidential Race & #skndpldr Race There […]

Posted 03 October 2012 § Humour § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Pace’s Kindergarten Class (Revisited)

Just about five years ago, I did a post called “Pace’s Kindergarten Class” where I listed some of the names being given to the children of many of our friends, relatives, co-workers and so on. At the time, I did bit of speculation about what the names of his classmates might be when he finally […]

Posted 13 September 2012 § Baby § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

Now You Know – Feeling Buzzed

Now I Know (site currently down making this a bad day to post this but whatever) is an enjoyable little e-newsletter that comes out every couple of days with all kinds of interesting facts about all kinds of things.  Here’s the most recent one… You’re sitting at your desk, standing in the kitchen, watching TV, […]

Posted 11 September 2012 § Internet § Politics § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

10 Reasons I’ll Never Be A Political Candidate

As I’ve gotten more and more involved with the NDP over the past few years, I occasionally get asked if I’d ever consider running as a candidate.  Sometimes it’s tongue-in-cheek (I think) and sometimes serious, like when someone recently asked if I would consider running for city council (I think). When I used to work with […]

Posted 09 September 2012 § Humour § List § Politics § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 11 Month Old Twins Dance To Daddy’s Guitar

Go ahead and try not to smile – I dare you!

Posted 31 August 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Ranking The Top 10 Milestones of a Person’s Life

In exactly one week, Pace starts kindergarten. It’s a cliche but it truly is hard to believe how fast the time has flown. I thought it might be fun to try to rank the major milestones of a person’s life. Other than being born and dying, I know not everyone will hit these milestones but […]

Posted 29 August 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Sappy Sunday – The 100 Saddest Songs

A whole bunch of sadness in convenient list form. Coincidentally, I’ve just made a playlist on Rdio called “Guaranteed Tears” where I tried to collect all of the songs that have made me cry in the past. (Sad songs list via MetaFilter)  

Posted 26 August 2012 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Thou shall not judge a book by its cover/Thou shall not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover”

Posted 20 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Knock Knock. Who’s There? Rape? Rape Who? Rape Jokes – Are They Funny?

About a month ago, there was a minor uproar online after a female patron at a comedy show posted of an extremely unsettling experience her and her friend had on a Tumblr blog. The two women decided to go to a show featuring well-known comic Dane Cook (who they’d heard of) with Daniel Tosh (who […]

Posted 19 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § Internet § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!

I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]

Posted 17 August 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,