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Family Hockey Pool Update

For the past few years, a cousin in BC has run a just-for-fun hockey pool for family members across the country, both regular season and playoffs. I usually enter a few teams each time the pool comes up – a team or two for myself, a team for Shea using the strategy of picking either […]

Posted 22 May 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“Wake Up Moms, You’re Fighting the Wrong Fight” – points out that it’s ridiculous to argue about the recent Time breastfeeding cover and instead, all US moms should be pushing for a benefit that new moms in the vast majority of the world get – paid maternity leave.  Why Nicolas Tesla was the Greatest Geek […]

Posted 15 May 2012 § Library § Sad § Technology § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Space Aliens Grill & Bar

A BBQ restaurant with a Space Alien theme AND video arcade? Definitely my favorite place in Minot!

Posted 07 April 2012 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Hawaii Vacation Montage

Here’s a video montage I made of some of the highlights of our recent trip to Kauai and Maui:

Posted 04 February 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Some Final Hawaii Thoughts

Just some stream-of-consciousness thoughts about our trip before allowing myself to slip back to the “real world”… – Shea’s highlight was Anini Beach – My dad’s highlight was the helicopter tour we did of Kauai – I forgot to ask my mom what her highlight was so I’ll say that it was hearing me admit […]

Posted 29 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Hawaii Trip Highlights

Well, we made it back from Hawaii and are now suffering that weird mix of happiness and sadness that you feel when you’re glad to be home after a period of time away but also wishing your holiday never had to come to an end. I was going to try to do a list of […]

Posted 28 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Hawaii Trip – Sarento’s

Had our farewell dinner at very expensive but very delicious Sarento’s on the Beach…

Posted 26 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Hawaii Trip – Road to Hana

A few shots from our trip on the infamous “Road to Hana” today. You must stop for hot-from-the-oven banana bread around the halfway mark (coincidence – I have an Aunt Sandi who’s a major fan of all things Hawaiian!): The view of a black sand beach: One of the many waterfalls along the trail (the […]

Posted 23 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Hawaii Trip – We made it!

Posted 12 January 2012 § Family § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – My Year in First Lines

Every year on December 31, I do a “Year End Memes” post which has two parts – the first answers a bunch of questions about the past year.  The second provides an overview of my year via the first lines of each month’s blog post during the past twelve months. Last year, I split them […]

Posted 30 December 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: