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Happy Mother’s Day!

Apparently I don’t have any pictures of me with my mom on my computer. So instead, here’s one of Pace and his Grandma when we stopped by the Indian Head Union Hospital on our way out of town during a recent visit to Grandpa and Grandma’s. Technically, my mom “retired” from nursing a few years […]

Posted 08 May 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Katepwa Beach Flooding

With the amount of moisture we’ve had for the past couple winters and last summer as well, much of Saskatchewan is experiencing the worst flooding we’ve had in forty years.  Katepwa Lake, north of Indian Head, where our family has a cottage is no exception.  Last weekend, Shea, Pace and I were out to do […]

Posted 07 May 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – MIT Scientist Captures 90 000 Hours of His Son’s Life on Tape, Analyzes for Start of Language

This clip is pretty cool for all manner of reasons – amazing technology, cutting-edge video editing – combine when an MIT scientist captures the first 90 000 hours of his son’s life on tape to try to understand how language develops.

Posted 15 April 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Some Recent Signs I’m Becoming An Old Man

Penciled in the Gold Medal Curling Game as my Sunday night’s entertainment.  (I also have the PVR set to record “60 Minutes” every week though, in defense of my youth, I haven’t watched a single episode yet!) Spent time before the curling started getting my sump pump up and running. Spent last night playing a […]

Posted 10 April 2011 § Family ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Service to Community is the Best Work of Life”

Apparently I wasn’t the only one who got inspired by Dwain Lingenfelter talking about his father at the recent NDP convention. The NDP candidate in my area, Jaime Garcia, writes about the inspiration his own father has been to him. Since the federal election’s been called, there have been lots of people grumbling that it’s a […]

Posted 30 March 2011 § Family § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Cuba Montage

Here’s a few more photos from our trip, set to one of Cuba’s most popular songs…

Posted 12 March 2011 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Sex on a First Date to Long Term Prospects, A Dating Site Knows All?

Dating site, OKCupid, has a really interesting blog where they draw on their massive data pool from site members profiles and interactions to come up with some revealing information.

Posted 11 February 2011 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Kid’s Eye View of Regina Airport

Kid’s Eye View of Regina Airport, originally uploaded by headtale. Pace loves taking photos so I occasionally hand him the iPhone and let him at it. Always interesting to see what he decides to take pictures of and the perspective he brings. We took my parents to the airport on Friday afternoon so this is […]

Posted 22 January 2011 § Family § SaturdaySnap § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – The Nerd Is Strong With This One

Saturday Snap – 1988 Computer Specs, originally uploaded by headtale. My mom was cleaning out some papers at home and found the original spec sheet/packing slip for the first computer our family ever bought in 1988 which is when I was in grade nine. It doesn’t have the actual price mom and dad paid but […]

Posted 15 January 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Technology § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

And Now I’ll Explode Your Cute-O-Meter…

Usually I’d save a video like this for Music Monday.  But it’s too cute (and going viral too fast!) to save it for next week.    Enjoy!

Posted 05 January 2011 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,