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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:

Saturday Snap – Camping at Nickle Lake

Posted 11 August 2012 § Family § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I don’t go in for ancient wisdom/I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious/It means that they’re worthy.”

Saw this meme on Facebook and thought I’d share since June 25 is halfway to Christmas and since it fits with Music Monday, why not post a Christmas song today? I’ve posted this one before but every time I listen to it, I just love it more and more. So sweet and funny and perfect. […]

Posted 25 June 2012 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Sappy Sunday – The Best High School Graduation Gift Ever

Saw this idea on Reddit and thought – wow, that’s amazing. If only I knew of a kid that was starting kindergarten this fall that I could do this for! 😉

Posted 24 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Kindergarten Orientation

Pace had a half-day kindergarten orientation on Friday. Definitely a bittersweet day. Everyone tells you but hard to believe how fast they grow…

Posted 09 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

“It’s the Old Generation That’s Entitled, Not Students” – The National Post with a spot-on observation about the current Quebec protests How Reddit’s Co-Founded Became the Mayor of the Internet Speaking of Reddit, a novelty account called ShittyWatercolors did an illustration of my own user name, “HeadTale” (well, mis-read as “HeadTales” but you get what […]

Posted 05 June 2012 § Family § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

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: , ,