At a recent prompting, that being an inquiry about sales, I fell into the book making portion of iPhoto. As such, I put together a few books of things. One of these would be a collection of some of the various cat drawings I have done on my iPod and iPad in the various paint […]
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cmkl: Golfy is at the car doctor and she’ll be fine
So will I. I rear-ended someone on Highway 410 on my way to my dad’s place. There were no injuries but I’m pretty shaken up about it. And because I hit the woman’s car, I get the ticket, the premium hikes and everything.
Continue readingExponential Book: Tough acts to follow
This week has marked the untimely departure of two charismatic leaders from the helm of two very different organizations. Canada’s New Democratic Party Jack Layton succumbed to cancer, shortly after leading its party last May to the best electora…
Continue readingExponential Book: Eat less, exercise more… or, less ?
Like many adults in my age range (late 40s), I have observed over the past decade my weight progressively creep up, much to my great joy and satisfaction (tongue firmly in my cheeks). It is not driving me crazy (yet), but I am now feeling that I should…
Continue readingExponential Book: Time for a change ?
It is a warm mid-Summer weekend. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the outdoors, the fresh air, the company of friends, the ferocious northern mosquitoes and all the joys that the season brings, I am in my home office, cursing the new Apple operating sy…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Montreal
April and I showed up in Montreal yesterday afternoon, after a few nights in Ottawa. While in the capital, we toured Parliament, and I saw Elizabeth May’s desk, tucked away in the back corner away from the Speaker’s chair. I also used Bixi bikes at $5/24hours to get over to Hull quickly, and took a […]
Exponential Book: On being anal
It took me a while to come to the realization that I need to vent over this subject right here, on my blog, no matter how petty, ridiculous and irrelevant it is (the subject, smartass, not the blog). I am becoming quite tired of having to argue with th…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Ontario
Flew to Toronto on Monday morning, and slept along the way, still only giving me a few hours of sleep, as I was wound up and doing chores I hadn’t done due to wedding preparations. Rented a car downtown after taking the TTC, and went back to the airport to pick up our friend who […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wedding
Note the Saskatchewan and Roughtider flags over the wedding? The Imperial March was my entrance music. No, I forgot to do Live Long and Prosper in my vows.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Wedding and Honeymoon
The weather was perfect on July 2nd, just like I told people it would be. It was less perfect today, but still awesome. The hail stones that were half the size of golf balls were problematic, at least one hitting my car in an apparently non-damaging way. Now April and I head off into our […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Party Hardly
I hardly did any partying this weekend, fewer than 10 hours were devoted to such an activity.
-We actually get along quite well, this is staged for the camera. Really!
– I’m more 3 dimensional than Richard here
– Later that night, I probably …
Continue readingExponential Book: Hi, I am Jack, and I am a recovering socialist
Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) held in Vancouver its fiftieth national congress since its foundation. It is presently Canada’s official opposition in the House of Commons, and arguably one of strongest (nominally still) socialist political forma…
Continue readingExponential Book: Does not get much sillier than this…
… aka, the xkcd wikipedia meme All right, it has been a while since last time I did this kind of stuff. I saw it at VWXYNOT? (where else, eh ?), who got it through Drugmonkey via WhizBang! I figured I would give it a shot too — it is Summer…
Continue readingExponential Book: Free agent professor
If you’re a college or university teacher, whom do you work for ?” Thus begins Stanley Fish‘s latest New York Times editorial on the subject of academia. Here are a few excerpts: “Academics […] want […] to work in an organizatio…
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Story of Stuff
Live blog from Education Auditorium Starting with a prayer song from a Cree elder, singer and pipe keeper and cleaner. Drum and singing is very impressive in here. The introduction is okay, but a tad long. Now Peta White is giving welcomes and thank-yous. There’s a UPS with a dead battery peeping away in the […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Mosaic 2011 in Regina
I only attended some of Mosaic in 2011, which let me keep my spending on it to under $50 this year. I made it to the Korean and Brazilian pavilions which were new this year, and the French one returned too. I enjoyed the Brazilian a lot, although the sound system was too loud in […]
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Welwyn
On Friday me and my friends went to Jesse’s parent’s farm outside of Welwyn, SK. Along the way we saw the wind farm at Moosimin, including a vertical axis turbine on a tower. The vehicle wasn’t comfortably large enough for five men, but we made it work. We even figured out how to pair a […]
Exponential Book: iPad on the road
In a recent post, I stated my intent of purchasing an iPad2 as soon as it would become available in Canada, and expounded why I deem it as the optimal portable computing device for someone in my line of work. In particular, I see it as a superior solut…
Continue readingcmkl: That day flew by
It started off with Mallory’s first soccer practice and my first coaching experience. Then a bike tour of Brewer Park, a calamity, a teachable moment, some quiet time, a meal and finally some minor carpentry.
Continue readingcmkl: Gil Scott-Heron has died
This is a terrible loss to music and humanity in general. And at only 62. Such a mind. Such a wit. Such a talent. Tormented and plagued by addiction problems, but so incisive and funky with his words and his music.
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