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Sappy Sunday – First Steps in the Sun

This is a tough one to watch – a couple beagles rescued from a laboratory are filmed as they take their first steps outside on grass and into the sun (with mawkish music on the soundtrack to magnify the effect.) (via MetaFilter which gets into an interesting debate about the pros and cons of animal […]

Posted 30 January 2011 § Politics § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Making Stairs Fun

It’s no secret that I’m interested in the role of “fun” – fun at work, fun at home, fun in life – not just because fun is, well, FUN! but because I strongly believe it has a real impact on how people work, live and interact. One timely example comes from the National Family Literacy […]

Posted 28 January 2011 § FridayFunLink § Library § MemoryLane § Video § Work ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: ,

State of the Union

Watched the “State of the Union” address and thought it was pretty decent – not Obama’s best by far – but good. A few random thoughts… Boehner always looks like he’s about to cry Can’t remember what the point was about but I counted exactly once where Boehner clapped and Biden didn’t. Love the focus […]

Posted 25 January 2011 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

On My Bookshelf

Reading: “Life” – Keith Richards On Deck: “Delivering Happiness” – Tony Hsieh In the Hole – “Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution” – Richard Dawkins (All subject to change of course when the next shiny book catches my eye!)

Posted 23 January 2011 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – World-o-Meters

A very cool statistical representation of various world statistics. (H/T to Kelly P. on Facebook)

Posted 21 January 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

How Much Does A Single Search Cost Google?

About a penny.

Posted 18 January 2011 § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Wasp That Killed God

If you watched the movie “Creation“, you know that Charles Darwin struggled mightily about publishing his theory of evolution.  He knew the negative impact his theory could have on organized religion and especially those closest to him since,  as was the nature of the time, many in his circle of friends and acquaintances, including his […]

Posted 22 December 2010 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

"Our Bodies" & Kids As Couch Potatoes

The controversial traveling show “Our Bodies” is at Regina's Science Centre right now and they're offering a lecture series each week to go with the topic.  This week's subject was “Kids As Couch Potatoes” and that seemed fairly relevant to our lives these days so we decided to go check it out.Some random thoughts on […]

Posted 05 August 2010 § Main Page § Pace § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

50 Foods Under $1 per lb

Sure, they're counting on some store specials in this list but the point they make about the healthiest foods that you can eat often being the cheapest is a very valid one. 

Posted 15 July 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saccarine Sunday – Eight Month Old Has Cochlear Implants Turned On For the First time

This is pretty amazing and heart-melting.(via MetaFilter which has a good discussion of the implications for the deaf community, many of whom are opposed to this type of operation.  Man, I never would've thought there was any question about doing something like this!) 

Posted 07 June 2010 § Baby § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: