Tag: science

I Am (Not) Adam Lanza’s Mother

This blog post by the mother of a mentally-ill son, posted in the wake of the Connecticut shootings, was making the viral rounds. Although I found it an

Going Green in Calgary Centre? I Hope So (And I Don’t Care Who Knows!)

This is probably not a great thing to admit to while not only doing a lot of writing about but also heavily volunteering for one of four NDP

2012 Tesla Model S Electric Car Wins MotorTrend “Car of the Year” Award by Unanimous Vote

The Tesla company which produces electric cars and which Mitt Romney infamously labelled a “loser” after Barack Obama’s government invested in it, recently won MotorTrend’s “Car of the

Friday Fun Link – Analysing the Reading Level of the 21 Most Popular Sub-Reddits

Cool idea but not too many surprises on this list – the science sub-reddit is really high (just shy of grade 9 level) and the one for people

Felix Baumgartner Record-Setting Freefall Skydive

I wasn’t one of the millions watching the record setting freefall by Felix Baumgartner live today. But even watching the highlights video below took my breath away. Before

First Snow of the Year

The only version of Hawksley Workman’s “First Snow of the Year” I could find on YouTube right now is copyright controlled so instead, you get a kids’ choir

Friday Fun LInk – Genetic Portraits

A Canadian photographic artist is getting lots of attention for his blended portraits where he combines photos of parents and children into a single image – often with

Pace’s First Scholastic School Book Order

Another big school-related milestone for Pace… (Man, I loved getting books from Scholastic as a kid!)

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