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Harper Is Strongly Opposed to A Coalition (Except When He Isn’t)

Posted 29 March 2011 § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Ye Olde Thyme Hockey

Recipe for A Real-Life “Slapshot” Movie Take one goalie fight in a recent game that ended with the New York Islanders’ starter, Rick DiPietro, getting one-punched (and a broken jaw) from the Penguins back-up goalie, Brent Johnson That game also saw Maxime Talbot of the Pens hit Blake Comeau of the Isles causing a concussion […]

Posted 13 February 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Hilarious: Devils vs. Angels (Guess Who Wins?)

You would think this was planned, it’s so perfect…

Posted 10 February 2011 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Beauty of the PVR

We have a PVR on our TV and one of the biggest benefits for me is the ability to all but avoid commercials – either by recording programs and watching them at a later time or even while watching a show in near real-time. This is especially useful for “event” television like oh, I don’t […]

Posted 06 February 2011 § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

In Defense of Sarah Palin

[Edit: I’ve gone back and added a few links to this post and re-worded a few points for clarification in the subsequent days and weeks after this was originally posted.] Just to be clear, even to write that post title made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. In fact, I still strongly […]

Posted 12 January 2011 § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° 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: , , , ,

Happy Festivus!

A secular holiday for the rest of us, Happy Festivus everyone!

Posted 23 December 2010 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Scrambled Eggs/Oh my baby, how I love your legs”

A famous bit of Beatles trivia is that Paul McCartney woke up one day with the fully formed melody for “Yesterday” running through his head. He didn’t have words so to help remember it, he started singing “Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby, how I love your legs.” After singing the melody for everyone he could find, […]

Posted 13 December 2010 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Santa Comes Early (Just Move Your Hands)

Shea’s been wanting a Wii for a long time and it was looking like we’d get one this Christmas. But then, she came across the XBox Kinect – a motion-based gaming system where, instead of any handheld controller, your body motions are scanned by a camera/scanner combo placed somewhere near your TV and that’s how […]

Posted 24 November 2010 § Family § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , ,

Go Riders Go!

I’m nervous for the Western Final today as the Riders (who squeaked past BC last week) face off against their arch-rivals, the Calgary Stampeders. There’s lots of commentary and analysis around the web – I like RiderFans.com, the Leader Post and have enjoyed The Jurist’s take on the Riders all season long as well. Oh, […]

Posted 21 November 2010 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,