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“Books for Christmas? What the Heck Is That???”

Michelle sent me this link before Christmas but I still think it’s worth posting.  Reminds me of when Pace opened a gift bag containing pyjamas last year, threw the clothes over his shoulder then kept digging while asking “Where present?”

Posted 04 January 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Going Viral

As I posted on Facebook on New Year’s Day, there was a time when puking all night on New Year’s Eve meant you’d had a “good time”.  But this year, it wasn’t such a good time since Pace caught a flu bug and spent the night in bed between Shea and I, puking into a […]

Posted 02 January 2011 § Family § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

2010 “End of Year Questions” Meme: BC Bound, Getting Kinected, Hello SILS!

I’ve done this every year since I started this blog and once again, here’s a quick summary of my 2010 in meme form: 1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Since my grandparents lived in BC for most of my life (they left Saskatchewan the year I was born so how’s that […]

Posted 31 December 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

The Evolution of an Atheist

With Christmas falling on a Saturday this year, I’m thinking of doing a full week-long series of posts about Atheism, culminating with my annual snarky tongue-in-cheek humourous atheism-themed post on Christmas Day! 😉 It’s pretty obvious if you read this blog (or just look at some of the categories and keywords I use) that I’m an […]

Posted 19 December 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged:

Next Year Country

Like so many Saskatchewan kids, I grew up watching the Riders. And much like the people of Saskatchewan, with the land embedded in our souls, the fortunes of the Riders over the past three decades I’ve followed the team have come to symbolize a population long accustomed to accepting whatever fates beyond our control may […]

Posted 28 November 2010 § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun(ny) Link – Baby’s First Word

When I was born, my parents were running a bulk fuel business in my hometown.  I was basically raised in the office of that ESSO fuel station for the first few years of my life (which explains a lot of my current brain damage and any future cancers I may acquire!) With the number of […]

Posted 26 November 2010 § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Notes from Rachel Van Riel Workshop at Regina Public Library

RPL hosted a workshop with well-known library consultant, Rachel Van Riel of OpeningTheBook.com today, the only Saskatchewan stop on a cross-Canada tour that will also take her to Alberta and Ontario.  The information presented was excellent and I’d highly recommend her to anyone looking for ideas on how to improve their libraries. As always, a […]

Posted 12 October 2010 § Library § MusicMonday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Down our long dusty driveway/I set my mind to go/I was eighteen and wild and free and wondering

Any time I spend time at our farm with my dad and Pace as I did this past weekend… …I think of this song. One reason the lyrics resonate is because I literally was that nervous boy getting onto the school bus for the first time.  (Of course I managed to come home with a […]

Posted 16 August 2010 § Family § MusicMonday § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,