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Sappy Sunday – What Are Some Stories About Your Dad You’d Want Your Kids To Know?

From Quora, this story about a son, a dad and a boat killed me… Read Quote of Jonas M Luster’s answer to Family and Families: What are some stories about your dad you would want your kids to know about? on Quora

¶ Posted 04 November 2012 § Family § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Eulogy for Uncle Ken

Shea’s uncle passed away last week, rather suddenly after a year-long battle with cancer (that’s a weird way to describe it but that’s how it went.) Shea and I were honoured to be asked to do the eulogy by his widow and since we happened to be in Weyburn last weekend, we were able to […]

¶ Posted 17 October 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: health, language

Saturday Snap – One Word to Describe Each #skndpldr Candidate (and the Past Leader Each Most Resembles)

We’re in Weyburn this weekend visiting Shea’s family and had to make a visit to Creelman today since her uncle has just passed away and his wife has asked me to do the eulogy. Since I was already halfway there, I decided to carry on to Arcola where, in addition to the Cannington NDP AGM, […]

¶ Posted 13 October 2012 § List § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Body language expert analyses first US debate – finds Obama wins (also, we’re all monkeys striving for dominance deep down) What are the most important characteristics from childhood you should hold on to? (Quora) Is there evidence that working from home improves efficiency? (Quora) Why Campaign Reporters Are Behind the Curve How to Manage Thinkers […]

¶ Posted 09 October 2012 § MemoryLane § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, orgdevl, recipe, unitedstates

Friday Fun LInk – Genetic Portraits

A Canadian photographic artist is getting lots of attention for his blended portraits where he combines photos of parents and children into a single image – often with striking results.

¶ Posted 05 October 2012 § Family § FridayFunLink § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, science

Pace Starts Kindergarten Today

I know I keep saying it but where did the last five years go? Wow…

¶ Posted 05 September 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sad § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: cute

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 […]