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“Home For Sale – Calgary Version” (And A List of Places I’ve Lived)

Here’s a pic of me with our realtor’s sign when we sold the condo we owned in Calgary in October 2004 and with the pending move (basically two nights left in our current home!), it’s got me thinking back on other places I’ve laid my head… 0-5 (?) – my parents live in a rental […]

¶ Posted 03 December 2019 § Family § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, economics, education, parents

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]

¶ Posted 12 November 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Moving Home (December 2006)

When I was accepted for grad school, we were pretty lucky to find an apartment that a young woman was giving up (I think she’d done a semester and became a “Christmas grad”) so when I started my program in January, we were not only able to assume her lease but buy out a lot […]

¶ Posted 07 November 2019 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, travel

RIP Barb Janicek (1975-2019)

One of the bad things about having a recurring “Friday Fun Link” theme post is that things often happen at the end of the week that leave me feeling in a less than fun mood. The Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened on a Friday, the Colten Boushie verdict came in on a Friday, more mass […]

¶ Posted 19 July 2019 § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health

Raptors Parade Highlights in Eight Minutes

Pretty amazing spectacle.

¶ Posted 18 June 2019 § Canada § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

Friday Fun Link – Raptors Win NBA Chamionship!

I used to be a pretty big basketball fan in high school but admit I’ve gotten away from the game. But really enjoyed jumping on the bandwagon for the Raptors amazing playoff run that ended last night with them capturing the championship. (Saw an interesting piece of trivia – Leafs won their last Stanley Cup […]

¶ Posted 14 June 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, history

Music Monday – “Started from the bottom, now we’re here/Started from the bottom, now my whole team fuckin’ here”

I know this song isn’t technically about the Raptors but since it’s written by their biggest celebrity fan and the lyrics (sorta) fit, I thought I’d post it. “Started From The Bottom” – Drake

¶ Posted 10 June 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]