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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: ,

I’m not a huge curling fan (especially compared to some librarians that I know!)  But since the World Men’s Curling Championships are in Regina this week and because someone at work hooked me up with four tickets for Sunday night’s draw so I could take Shea as well as my parents, I’ve been following it […]

Posted 05 April 2011 § Library § Video § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

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: