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September, 2010:

Les Stroud’s Beyond Survival

As long time readers of this blog know we as a family are big fans of Survivorman as well as Les Stroud’s other projects so it should come as no surprise that we sat around and watched Beyond Survival tonight.  We hadn’t even gone by the opening credits before I said, “we may as well pre-order [...]

The Cooking Blog on Facebook

In the proud tradition of “doing what the voices in my wife’s head tell me to do”, I thought I would let all of you Facebook nerds users know that The Cooking Blog is now on Facebook.  While Facebook has been doing a really bad job of importing posts, Wendy has it working again which [...]

Retaliation for the War of 1812?

Why would I possibly be blocked from this video on ESPN (about college football) because of copyright concerns.  They can broadcast to Canada but I can’t see it on YouTube?   What on a college sports show could possibly by copyrighted in Canada?  C’mon ESPN, tear down this wall.

From Mayfair to Caswell

As Wendy wrote, Mark has been transferred from Mayfair School to Caswell School.  The experience has been a really good one for Mark so far which kind of frustrates me.  There are more computers, a better paint job, more extra curricular activities, and resources for kids at Caswell despite the schools only being five blocks [...]

links for 2010-09-03

Ground Zero Mosque: It’s a Simple Question « Prof. John Stackhouse’s Weblog "If we don’t think all Muslims are implicated in the attack, then of course they should be allowed to build a mosque or community centre or whatever the heck they want to build wherever the zoning and funding will allow—just like any other [...]

The Truth Isn’t Sexy

I have been talking a lot about prostitution lately online and offline.  The Salvation Army created The Truth Isn’t Sexy campaign last year. Nice to see Telus step up and be a presenting sponsor.

What’s Next?

A couple of weeks ago now I resigned by job.  Like any life decision like that there are a lot of reasons but in the end I was feeling really tired and in some ways burned out.  Wendy’s depression is worse now than it has ever been and that takes a toll on the entire [...]