No Friday Fun Link today. Instead, as I do every Remembrance Day, I will spend time thinking of my Grandpa Wally who drove a tank in Holland in WWII. But I’ll also take a broad definition of the term “Remembrance” and choose to spend time remembering my Grandpa Armour who was rejected for service because […]
Three years ago, my dad underwent treatment for prostate cancer. I also have an uncle (my dad’s brother), one of my dad’s best friends and a few others who I know who’ve underwent treatment for this disease. So this year, I’ve decided to join the Movember cause to raise funds to help find a cure […]
Probably one of the best (and worst) things my dad ever did for me was when he didn’t push me to follow in his footsteps by becoming a farmer. My great-great-grandfather homesteaded in 1883, taking advantage of the famous Dominion Lands Act that offered 160 acres for $10 which drew so many settlers to the […]
I’m dressed as “guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing!” 😉 (I was also going to make a joke about my coveralls being the most orange I saw in Weyburn this weekend but that’s a bit off-side. I’m sure the NDP have a candidate down here…somewhere!)
Evolution even has an explanation for why your old man dances the way he does! (h/t to SM on Twitter)
My mom’s taking a genealogy class so we spent quite a bit of time this weekend looking through her class notes, different web sites and reviewing the information she’d already gathered about her family. I’d taken a genealogy class in library school and had done quite a bit of research as well but mostly on […]
Shea and I were out to Indian Head yesterday to take in a fundraiser for the local NDP candidate in this year’s Provincial Election with guest speaker, Dr. Ryan Meili (plus a pretty amazing special guest speaker too.) Here’s some random thoughts… – we heard about the fundraiser at a wedding in IH about a […]
Reddit weighs in on this question. Personally, I really like that “Enact a 6pm is dancing time – every night!” idea (though it’d likely have to be a different time since we’re watching the news at that time.) I don’t know if this is odd/quirky but a lot of times, I just like to […]
There’s a lot of commentary today online, in other media and at memorials around the world. So instead of adding to the noise, I thought I’d do a quick round-up of some of the most interesting things I’ve seen… (Oh, okay – I’ll quickly do my own “Where were you when?” story since I […]
We were away camping this weekend so I just got to see Jack Layton’s funeral tonight when we got home. It’s hard to choose a saddest or most touching moment from Jack Layton’s funeral on Saturday. But the videos below were definitely two of them. As documented on this blog, I’ve had the honour of […]
