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Kids
The reason 90% of you are here, and two of the coolest people I know.
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On Friday, November 20, 2009 the Executive Director of the Alberta Maintenance Enforcement Program, Manuel da Costa, was interviewed on the Calgary Eyeopener. The interview was preceded by an unfortunate woman who was having difficulty collecting Read More
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"Oki napa - Welcome."I only wish I could speak with the graciousness and eloquence of the Siksika elder, Clement Bear Chief. (Thanks Mom!) I feel great shame I didn't write down his name so I could give him proper credit. If you know Read More
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Precisely one year ago, the kids and I were camping near Lake Louise. The excitement was we were out at the time of the Perseid meteor shower. I got to keep my kids up until after midnight with the three of us staring up as the meteors came down. To see their eyes light up with the opportunity to stay up way past bedtime was cool to itself. It became an entirely different magic to see their eyes flare up the moment a Perseid flared directly overhead framed between lodgepole pines. Read More
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I woke up in the wee hours this morning in a cold sweat. In my dream, my parents had joined a newfangled cult and one of the cool "features" was the surgical removal of their hands in a "welcoming ceremony for our visitors." Some extra-terrestrial Read More
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Here's a surprise. I'm a professional System Administrator. My standard joke here goes, "Because I get paid for it, not because I'm any good at what I do." I have long and hard declared my own ineptitude along the way. Yes, I forward Read More
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I have an affliction.
I am a geek. A nerd. One of those social dysfuntionals that loves freshly printed circuits more than the soft caress of life itself.
Once I spoke with a recruiter who was supposed to be helping me fill out a list of my Read More
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We're coming up on Halloween, and if you know me, you know what I'm thinking about..Get a poppy. Wear a poppy. It's time to start right now.From the St. Catherines Standard, talking about donations to the Poppy Fund.“We’re not selling them. Read More
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I'm from a family of story tellers. Structuring thoughts into stories is something I remember from generations on both sides of my family. I assume this is something that happens in all families. The passing of lore, of shared memory, Read More
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So my son is playing Alien Assembly Required (yes, Virginia, the web does have some very good kid friendly areas) when he says to me, "I'm going to make these aliens with no arms and no legs. They're floating above the ground - see? They're Read More
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Well, that was good. It's been ages since I've been out camping. Probably the last, best camping I've done lately was the Zarquil Zonar's Wonderful Weekend in the Woods series of camps. The basic premise was you grab a bunch of buddies, Read More
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Water. Giver of life. Salvation in a desert. Cleansing. Purifying. Requisite for all things living on earth. A weekend revolving around water restores one to one's own being. Yet another significantly overbooked Read More
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A decent weekend with the kids - not quite according to plan, but when are they ever? Friday night we did a quick stop at home, fed the animals, fed the pets, then cracked open the piggy banks for a little practical lessons in the world of budgeting Read More
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When I turned six my cake was a train made from cake made in bread pans. It was the coolest cake I ever had. We played on the front lawn and I made my best friend annoyed because I wanted to run the three legged race with another kid instead. Read More
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I try, oh, how I try.. It's the end of the year. We're coming up to Christmas concert season. I've been asking Rebekk what she's been practicing for the concert and she's answered, "I don't know." Well, it's gratifying to know Read More
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So it's a weekend with the kids, Firefox 2.0 is released, and it's the perfect mix of "something to do" and "let's celebrate for the sake of celebration." And "Lethbridge had one scheduled, but Edmonton still doesn't." ;-) If you're Read More
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