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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – World’s Biggest Tomato (April 2006)

When we lived in Ontario in 2006, Shea and I tried to get away to visit different nearby areas as often as we could. There’s been a lot of attention lately on French’s decision to start making ketchup in Canada using tomatoes from the Leamington, ON area after Heinz left the community high and dry in 2014. […]

Posted 03 March 2016 § Canada § Family § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Is There A Giant Magnet Planted in the Street Outside Our House? (May 2012)

As hard as it is to believe, we’ve just had almost the same accident occur in the street in front of our house nearly four years apart. Four years ago in May, a hit & run driver smashed into our neighbour’s van which was parked on the street behind our car. His van was pushed into our […]

Posted 18 February 2016 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell CLA

The Canadian Library Association recently voted to wind down their operations so they can be re-born as a new “federation of associations” from across Canada and also to re-focus on what they do best (national voice for libraries = yes; conferences = not as much, especially when OLA is widely regarded as “the” Canadian library […]

Posted 04 February 2016 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The 10 Most Unique Experiences In My Life

Shea and I have reached that point in our lives where we tend to buy most Christmas gifts for ourselves and then label them as if they were from each other. But we do usually try to get at least one original “surprise” gift as well – for example, this year I bought her some […]

Posted 24 January 2016 § Baby § Family § Humour § Internet § List § MemoryLane § News § Sasha § Shea § Sports § Travel § UK § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – UWO’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies January 2006 MLIS Cohort

[Edit: I have no idea why I posted this on a Wednesday.  I’ve fixed the date.] I’m still thankful that, ten years ago this month, a couple upper year students told me during my first couple weeks of library school that it’s more important to get a photo of the people you start the program with rather […]

Posted 21 January 2016 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

Posted 15 January 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Beautiful Calm Waters in Varadero, Cuba

Shea took this video to try to capture just how beautiful, calm and clear the water was near our hotel on our second last day in Cuba…

Posted 09 January 2016 § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Rural Cuba Celebrates New Year’s Eve

This is very different experience to what we had a week ago in an all-inclusive resort targeted at tourists.  (Warning: Some may find the photos in the link disturbing.  Others may find them delicious!) 😉  Actually, maybe not that different…

Posted 08 January 2016 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – View From An #iberostarvaradero Beach Chair (Jan 2016)

You can even see the two scrapes on my shins detailed in yesterday’s post! 😉

Posted 07 January 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

10 “Injuries” During Our Cuba Trip

Shea jammed her finger winding up a Christmas spinning toy before we even left but luckily it only hurt for a day. Coming from a long line of Scots, I refuse to pay for something I can get for free. So while Shea goes to a tanning salon before any trip to get a nice glow […]

Posted 06 January 2016 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,