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Gone

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:46:00 +0000

Last night I found out that a good friend and an employee has committed suicide. He was well liked by everyone who worked with him and had several friends at the Centre so it has been really, really hard on all of us today. I found out last night and was the one to break the news to most of the staff and management today which has made this into one long emotional day.

Jack Layton is coming to town

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:40:00 +0000

The NDP's leader is coming to Saskatoon to speak about homelessness. I haven't heard Jack Layton speak in person before and it may be an interesting talk, even if we rarely agree on policy. He'll be here May 21st, details can be found at Upcoming.

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Lake Diefenbaker to get Candu 6 reactor?

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:39:00 +0000

Lake Diefenbaker has been suggested as the best site in Saskatchewan for a Candu 6 nuclear reactor.

"Potentially, the Lake Diefenbaker region could be the site of a Candu 6 plant configured with two steam turbine generators instead of the standard 750-megawatt, single-steam turbine unit," the report said. "Plant output from this option would be split equally between Saskatchewan and Alberta."

We would also split any mutant fish with Alberta as well.

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sustainable kingdom, sustainable church

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:30:00 +0000

For those of you inside and around San Diego, you may find sustainable kingdom, sustainable church something worth checking out.

What does it mean to be the Church in North America in a postmodern, post-colonial and post-Christendom context? With decreased attendance, how do churches survive? Where do we find authentic community and spiritual formation? How does the Church respond to the growing list of local and global injustices and crisis? If you find yourself wondering about these things, the Ecclesia Collective invites you to join a small group of people in San Diego for a collaborative conversation (kind of like a “skill share”) on May 23 and 24 (little less than a month away) to discuss practices and principles that just might help us find a sustainable way of being the Church within the North American context.

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Evangelicalism's odd dance with pop culture

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:32:00 +0000

From Slate and their review of Daniel Radosh's new book, Rapture Ready!

At some point, Radosh asks the obvious question: Didn't Jesus chase the money changers out of the temple? In other words, isn't there something wrong with so thoroughly commercializing all aspects of faith? For this, the Christian pop-culture industry has a ready answer. Evangelizing and commercializing have much in common. In the "spiritual marketplace" (as it's called), Christianity is a brand that seeks to dominate. Like Coke, it wants to hold onto its followers and also win over new converts. As with advertisers, the most important audience is young people and teenagers, who are generally brand loyalists. Hence, Bibleman and Christian rock are the spiritual equivalent of New Coke. Christian trinkets—a WWJD bracelet, a "God is my DJ" T-shirt—function more like Coca-Cola T-shirts or those cute stuffed polar bears. They telegraph to the community that the wearer is a proud Christian and that this is a cool thing to be—which should, in theory, invite eager curiosity.
Straightforward, if somewhat crude, merchandizing so far. But there is also another level of questions, which the creators of Christian culture have a much harder time answering: What does commercializing do to the substance of belief, and what does an infusion of belief do to the product? When you make loving Christ sound just like loving your boyfriend, you can do damage to both your faith and your ballad. That's true when you create a sanitized version of bands like Nirvana or artists like Jay-Z, too: You shoehorn a message that's essentially about obeying authority into a genre that's rebellious and nihilistic, and the result can be ugly, fake, or just limp.

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Contextless Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:06:00 +0000

I just read The Macintosh Way by Guy Kawasaki. It was sent to me anonymously a month or so ago and it is a great book. Some excellent stories about Apple and early pioneers like Dave Winer are in there. If you can find it at a used book store, it is worth reading. Whoever it was who sent it to me, thanks!
A friend phoned me yesterday about the cabin. He asked if I had made any big plans yesterday and I said no, "I am up to my ears in paperwork." He replied, "That's why you need a place to retreat to" and hung up the phone. About 20 seconds later, I got an e-mail which said in full, "and that's why I am borrowing it from time to time as well." Sounds good to me.
Wendy's protein count is rising, so is her blood pressure, and blood sugar. She is off work for another week and they are hoping some medication helps with the preeclampsia Normally she would be okay with it but as she blogged, she is getting transferred to the 33rd Street Safeway which is only two blocks away from home and is one she has been tried to transfer to for about five years. It also means a big savings in gas and that store keeps shorter hours (because it is smaller, it is quicker to close) which means that she will be home a lot earlier when she is working in the office.
Len Sweet has a new podcast which may interest you.
I can't figure out why Hillary Clinton stays in the race. People say that she is running for 2012 but she is burning so many bridges in the Democratic Party that if Obama loses, she will take a lot of the blame for it. I think she still thinks she can win.
East side churches in Saskatoon want to send a 1000 people to the west side core neighborhoods and "clean it up". It's a nice idea but it makes it sound like the west side residents can't or won't do the job itself which is totally false. Riversdale and other neighborhoods are a lot more alive then people give them credit for and believe it or not, do clean up the neighborhood every year by themselves so I am not sure why having an army of SUVs and minivans descend on the area helps at all.
I like Stephane Dion but his proposal to make me pay even more for gas is a little tough to swallow politically. You know since I am paying $1.31 for a litre of it now.

P.J O'Rourke

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:28:00 +0000

Politics won't allow for the truth.

Selling Out

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:58:00 +0000

I finally took some time to read some of the e-mails to the site about Wendy and I buying a cabin. Of course like the comments, the e-mail was mixed.

One thing that came out was a lot of ignorance of what we paid. I didn't take out a mortgage or a loan, this isn't a villa, it is a beach shack. My measurements may be off a bit but it is a total of 336 square feet which if you think about it is too small to house anything more than a small car. While Saskatoon may have a booming resale market, the market for cabins at a Free Methodist camp and convention centre have remained pretty consistent from what I have heard.

I am kind of sensitive to the charge of selling out. I didn't blog about this but three times over the last winter, I went out, paid cash for a iPod Touch. Each time I took it back to the store before we got home. The purchase didn't feel right considering the context I work in. A lot of what I buy goes through that process and while the iPod Touch didn't pass the test, the cabin did.

At the same time work has been taking a bit of a toll on me mentally and physically. I have been sporting some dark circles under my eyes, co-workers tell me I look tired lots, and I find the need to get away at times. This is easier said than done.

I haven't written anything about this before but the Centre is in the middle of trying to open a women's emergency shelter. There are a lot of women and children who are on the streets or are in horrible housing situations. First hand I have heard stories of negotiating of sex for shelter which breaks my heart. A couple of weeks ago I talked to a women who had been sleeping outside for a couple of weeks. She was mentally challenged, on welfare, and didn't know where to turn. I was able to help her immediate needs for shelter but it made it painfully obvious that homelessness is complicated and once you find yourself homeless, the solution isn't going to come easy. The idea is a home that would keep the girls and kids safe over night and provide help in getting them back of the streets in the morning. I am glad that we are doing something about it but it is one tight deadline after the other and more funding applications than I ever thought possible. You know it is going to be a long form when it comes with an instruction manual on how to fill out the form.

This task isn't going to go away until fall. The cabin allows me to get away alone or with Wendy and Mark and either shut it down and sleep or get some work done on my notebook. Winston Churchill talked about the need for changing locations to avoiding burnout. If he is right, I am set. If not, I'll try a hat and cigar. I would like to think that after this fall things will slow down but there still is an alternative seminary, an urban rest stop, and a bunch of ideas I have burning for the men's shelter that need some time and attention.

A place to explore those ideas some more as well as relax seems good to me.

The other reasons have nothing to do with me. Wendy wants a place to retreat to and the idea of a place where Mark is free to roam is kind of exciting as well. The other day when Mark and I were going to the park, I picked up three dirty needles. While I don't mind talking the dog and kid to the park, knowing he was running down an alley where the bigger danger is garter snakes, is a nice thought as well.

Of course until that happens, I need to get some more funding applications filled out.

Mistakes in logo design

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:41:00 +0000

Yeah.

The world's first billion dollar home

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:37:00 +0000

It is actually costing $2 billion

Atop six stories of parking lots, Antilla's (photos) living quarters begin at a lobby with nine elevators, as well as several storage rooms and lounges. Down dual stairways with silver-covered railings is a large ballroom with 80% of its ceiling covered in crystal chandeliers. It features a retractable showcase for pieces of art, a mount of LCD monitors and embedded speakers, as well as stages for entertainment. The hall opens to an indoor/outdoor bar, green rooms, powder rooms and allows access to a nearby "entourage room" for security guards and assistants to relax.
Ambani plans to occasionally use the residence for corporate entertainment, and the family wants the look and feel of the home's interior to be distinctly Indian; 85% of the materials and labor will come from outside the U.S., most of it from India.

My army of security guards and assistants have been clamoring for an entourage room for some time now. I really need to get cracking on that. Feel free to let me know in the comments what you and your family does with your entourage.

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Abandoned

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:16:00 +0000

Taken as we were leaving Arlington Beach on Saturday.

Contextless Links

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:21:00 +0000

The longest drives on Google Maps :: Unalaska, AK, USA to Southern Newfoundland, Canada
A bad night for Labour in the U.K. :: Gordon Brown today acknowledged a "bad night" for Labour after the party's national share of the vote plummeted to 24% - its lowest level since the 1960s – in his first electoral test as prime minister.
Of course it is also bad when Gordon Brown when you are being compared to Mr. Bean.
Minnesota has an annual mullet competition.
Wal-Mart has some global competition that is giving the big Dub some headaches
How to really annoy junk mailers
Dooce has a new book coming out
It's apparently okay to call Putin a facist now :: It is no longer controversial to note that Putin "has led Russia into a harsh brand of authoritarianism with some fascist features," as French scholar Pierre Hassner said in a speech last fall. But it's worth recalling the methodical and patient way he crept toward dictatorship, because recent events raise fears that he is now creeping in the same way toward stifling the independence that Russia's neighboring states have enjoyed since the Soviet Union fractured in 1991.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. got robbed last night by Kyle Busch

Ours

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Sun, 04 May 2008 03:59:00 +0000

Today Wendy, Mark and I drove out to Arlington Beach to see what they call the rustic cabin. The main part of the cabin in a massive 14x20 feet with an add on of 12x8 feet which is another bedroom. The cabin is uninsulated, has no sewage but has power. I was bigger than what I thought and with some work could be a great summer hermitage and space to get away to. We actually thought it only had two bedrooms and it actually has three. After looking at the cabin for a couple of minutes, we decided to buy it from Arlington and we take possession on June 15th (they rented it out in early June). The cabin is 60+ years and originally came from Moose Jaw when the Free Methodist camp was still there. Structurally it is fine although I need to secure the bottom of the cabin. Being finding out a skunk is renting out the "basement" suite is something I don't want to run into.

We did go down to Dennis and Wilda Camplin's place for lunch and Starbucks coffee. Like 99% of rural Saskatchewan, Arlington serves weak coffee and Dennis and Wilda's place always has good coffee. Like all addicts, I instinctively know where to find a supplier.

Of course Dennis reminded me that by owning a 60+ year old, uninsulated, bathroomless 336 square foot cabin, I have sold out to materialism and consumerism. If Dennis is right and I have joined the dark side, then there will be a lot more John Maxwell and Joel Olsteen being quoted around here.

After a good lunch, we gave Dennis and Wilda a tour of the place (it didn't take long) and were greeted by some of the neighbors (it doesn't take long for news to spread). We don't have too many long term plans for the place. The short term plans include painting the exterior, cutting down those two trees crowding the cabin and getting it set up to accept guests this summer. The lack of a bathroom doesn't bother me that much. Like I said before, it is only a short walk to the washrooms and showers. Within feet of the cabin is the pipe for all season water which we will tap into in the next year or so. Until then we will be hauling some water.

While it is quite small, we actually think of that as a bonus. We really liked Dennis and Wilda's first cabin at Arlington Beach and realized that we wouldn't mind something similar. Actually it was listening to Dennis talk about their cabin at Arlington (and later plans to build a retirement place there) is what planted the seed of wanting a cabin there.

Mark's reaction was initially quite quiet. He actually seemed upset and sad until we drove around, showed Mark the horses, the lake, climbing wall, zip line, and hung out with the Camplins. After that he picked out the room he wanted, changed his mind, changed it again, and changed it back yet again. He wants to move out there all summer.

Wendy is most excited about the horses (apparently she has never ridden a horse), the basketball court (her game is so far gone, it's on the back of milk cartons), and relaxing on the beach.

There is wifi in limited spots on the grounds and sadly my cell works just fine there.

We uploaded some additional photos here.
Wendy has uploaded a bunch of photos of Arlington Beach from 2005
There is a Arlington Beach photo pool on Flickr as well.

Related...

Contextless Links

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Sun, 04 May 2008 02:11:00 +0000

I don't know how I missed this but apparently some Quebecois cheated during the 1995 election campaign :: It's the scandal most people in Quebec seem eager to forget - politicians, the so-called watchdogs of democracy in the media, even the courts. This week, a Superior Court judge gave chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet permission to destroy the evidence that would show the true extent of sovereignist cheating in the 1995 referendum.
Your tax dollars well spent :: Canada Post is spending $500 million over three years to see if rural mailboxes are safe.
After Jim Lee's turtle was hurt in an auto accident, she never regained the use of her hind legs. Instead of letting her die, Lee affixed hind wheels to her shell to help her get around.
A list of 21 ways to shoot better photographs
Lessons from Pixar's Brad Bird on fostering innovation in the workplace :: In my experience, the thing that has the most significant impact on a movie's budget -- but never shows up in a budget -- is morale. If you have low morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about 25 cents of value. If you have high morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about $3 of value. Companies should pay much more attention to morale.
Over the last six decades, the real incomes of middle-class families grew twice as fast under Democratic presidents as they did under Republican presidents. The real incomes of working-poor families grew six times as fast under Democratic presidents.
OPEC members will take in nearly $1 trillion in income because of record crude oil prices.
SUV sales are down and with them, their prices. The rising cost of gas is to blame. Many dealers won't even accept SUVs as trade-ins.

MyHome Residents Take the High Road

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:08:00 +0000

The front page of the Star Phoenix has a story about the residents of MyHome

Teens living in supportive care homes run by the EGADZ outreach program are speaking out in defence of their right to live among the middle-class home-owners of Saskatoon's new Hampton Village neighbourhood.

Staff of the My Home program say the young people started making plans to introduce themselves to residents living on Allwood Crescent - where two new care homes are slated to open this spring - after a woman in a van slowly drove by one of their houses Wednesday evening, rolled down her window and gave them the finger. It was the last straw.

"We decided we should meet the people that disapprove of us, because they don't know what the My Homes are and they don't know what they're talking about," said one of the residents, a 14-year-old girl who had just finished her chores when she caught the obscene gesture.

Encouraged by city Coun. Myles Heidt and supported by Coun. Maurice Neault, a group of Hampton Village homeowners circulated a petition and appeared before a civic committee this week to argue against a recommendation for the city to contribute about $84,000 from its innovative housing program toward My Home Five and My Home Six, which EGADZ purchased in March with funding from the federal and provincial governments.

The combined price of the two five-bedroom homes was $730,800. They were selected with the help of a Realtor and approved by the senior governments after an exhaustive six-month search for suitable houses in Saskatoon's tight real estate market. Heidt, Neault and the homeowners - among them Heidt's son, who owns a house in the area - argued the money would have been better spent in some other part of the city.

Several of them, including a woman who identified herself as a teacher working in Pleasant Hill, said they fear for the safety of their own kids once the My Home residents move in, suggesting the teens' presence will bring down property values and attract gang members and crime to the neighbourhood.

"I do not want my children to understand high-risk youth," one resident said. Heidt and Neault have argued for years that the concentration of care homes in their wards is too high - excluding seniors' homes, which they say are not a cause of concern. Civic administrators say their data shows a relatively even distribution throughout Saskatoon, however.

The city has not received any complaints about the My Homes since the first one opened in Dundonald in 1997. Several neighbours of the existing homes have become staunch supporters of the young residents and staff who live in them.

Good for Egadz for standing up for the kids and good on the Star Phoenix for running this story on the front page. I am lucky to see this at work but the impact of giving teens a nice safe place to call home is one of the most important things that we can do for them. That and the cost to the kids and society is a lot less than if we don't help them now.

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Wendy

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:57:00 +0000

Wendy was put on bed rest last night after her blood pressure went dangerously high. The condition is called preeclampsia and is not helped by her working at Safeway. So..... Wendy has been prescribed a remote control, bed rest and told to keep her feet up. Materinity leave is starting a little early for her.

As a co-worker joked to me today, "You should at least feel a little responsible..."

Feed Me

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:13:00 +0000

I just got yelled at by one of the cooks at the Centre. She saw my McDonald's breakfast and yelled at me for eating so poorly. Usually I yell back and then run for my life but today I said, "I'm sorry" and agreed to allow them to approve everything I am eating at work from now on which since all of the food I enjoy is horrible for me, this could get bad.

The good news is that I was given permission by the kitchen staff to have some coffee.

Update: For lunch I was given a plate of peas with a tiny piece of meat on it. Then the kitchen manager took my roast beef away. After laughing themselves silly, they let me have a little bit more for lunch.

Their point did get through to me and I appreciate being yelled at by them. I give them a hard time (I still hold veggie hot dog day over their heads) as well.

Homeless kids should be housed in poor accommodations

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:32:00 +0000

Some thoughts from two of Saskatoon's city councilors

The total cost of the two homes, including landscaping and furnishings, is about $869,000. Most of that has been covered by the federal and provincial governments under various health, social services and homelessness initiatives.

That's too much to spend on high-risk youth, the homeowners told the committee.
"How do we know we're getting value for our money?" asked Heidt, whose son Trent is one of the homeowners opposed to the two care homes.
"These homes are top-drawer. I believe it's too much money to put in for this type of program," Neault said.
Heidt and Neault are not members of the planning and operations committee, but they attended Tuesday's meeting and took part in the discussion anyway, along with Mayor Don Atchison. Both councillors have argued in the past that the concentration of care homes in their wards is too high, though civic officials say the homes are spread evenly throughout the city.

A rebuttal from Egadz Don Meikle.

A key purpose of the My Homes is to give at-risk youth "an opportunity to live in a neighbourhood where it's normal, where they're middle-class people," Meikle said.
"We are trying to show them that, yeah, people care about you and people want you. What kind of message are these homeowners sending back to them - that poor people can't live in a nice neighbourhood? That they don't deserve to live there?"

Sadly I think that is the message that is being sent. I have seen the MyHome's and they are not "top drawer" but basic housing for kids who are overcoming a tough situation. The two councilors are modeling the "We believe in it but not in our backyard" world view.

Back from Calgary

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:37:00 +0000

I am back from Calgary. I was traveling with another manager from the Centre. As we were in a meeting last night he got a call from his kid who was being rushed to the hospital. After waiting for more information, we packed up, checked out and left Calgary at 10:30 p.m. and started to drive home. It wasn't my favorite drive ever (my record isn't on the record) and we rolled into Saskatoon around 4:00 a.m. I drove most of the trip and I discovered Amp Energy drink. I was in a convenience store in Drumheller looking at what drink to get and I actually thought, "If it is good enough for Dale Earnhardt Jr., it is good enough for me." Amp Energy gave me a boost was a lot better tasting than Red Bull. While driving through the night isn't that much fun, it was nice to get home 18 hours earlier than expected.

The conference was a good one. I took some classes on disaster relief and I know more about the Incident Command System than I ever thought possible. Hopefully I will never have to put into practice what I have learned but if I do, I should be a bit more prepared. I also managed to get downtown and connect with Karen/OneHouse and also Dave King who returned my coffee mug Wendy gave him when he was in Saskatoon.

Mark is quite sick this afternoon and I am exhausted. The plan is to watch the Canadiens lose to the Philadelphia Flyers and then call it an early night.

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The Rustic Cabin

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:15:00 +0000

Over the years Wendy and I have thought about how we want to spend our vacations. There are amazingly cool cabins like this cabin in Minnesota but land in Saskatchewan is a hot commodity, do we want to get a Boler and pull it around the world? While I wish I did like camping more, I really don't and neither does Wendy. That being said, getting away to a big city can be a little costly as well.

While I was in Calgary, I heard about this cabin at Arlington Beach which is 180 kms from Saskatoon. It is an over glorified garden shed with one bedroom and no bathroom which makes it completely inappropriate for our growing family. On top of that there is a BIG bill owing for it's share of a new water treatment plant. If that isn't enough, there is no heat and no insulation (at least you don't have to worry about asbestos) Wendy and I chatted via e-mail and on Skype and we decided that it was an absurd purchase that meets none of our family needs. Anyone who would be buying it would have an insane about of work ahead of them. Let's not forget the price of rising gas which makes getting away to the lake really expensive. After deciding that this was a really BAD idea, we decided the best course of action would be to see if we make a deal work out for it.

We will see if it all works out. We are heading out there on Saturday.

Wendy has some photos of Arlington Beach from 2005.

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Mobilize 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:07:00 +0000

I am in Calgary until Wednesday to attend Mobilize 2008. It seems a little outside my normal interests but when there is an emergency in Saskatoon, I am one of the guys that is called to respond. The ones we have been a part of in the past have been good learning experiences and if I can learn some more on how to make them better for the victims, it is worth my time. Of course this is a big paradigm shift as usually I am the one causing the disasters, not helping with them...

Outside the hotel is a big display of emergency response vehicles from all over western Canada which means that if there is an emergency anywhere except for Calgary, there is no one around to respond.

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A Moving Faithmaps

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Stephen Shields is moving Faithmaps back to Blogger. The new (old) address is faithmaps.blogspot.com.

Technorati Tags: Faithmaps,Blogspot,Blogger,Stephen Shields

Mobilize 2008

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:20:00 +0000

Am off to Calgary tomorrow to attend Mobilize 2008. The original plan was for another manager from the Centre and I to be gone until Friday but we are coming back Wednesday night. We have a couple of projects that we need to take care of in addition to all of the other work we have to do. It's nice to get away but eventually you have to come back to all that paper collecting on your desk.

The conference is about emergency disaster relief. While we aren't exactly in a earthquake or hurricane zone, we have been a part of evacuations of northern communities in the past and I imagine we will be doing it again. Also the fire department requests our assistance from time to time when they are putting out larger fires.

Wendy seems utterly devastated that I am leaving home for a couple of days. Tonight she was out getting some movies to watch, making plans with friends, and making a list of fun things to do while I am gone. Apparently I can be replaced by a bunch of Meg Ryan movies, chocolate, and the dog sleeping in my spot on the bed.

Technorati Tags: Salvation Army Community Centre,Calgary,Mobilize 2008

Photo Friday: Electricity

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:19:00 +0000

Today's submission for the Photo Friday Challenge. I am not sure why I chose this one over all of the other ones I have posted on Flickr but maybe because it is going to snow 10 cm more over the next 24 hours and the idea of a green Saskatoon with a river with no ice on it is an appealing image to me.

Technorati Tags: Electricity,Meewasin,South Saskatchewan River

Multi-year sea ice being flushed into the Arctic Ocean

noreply@blogger.com (Jordon Cooper) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Thomas Homer-Dixon has this graphic of years of sea ice just melting into the Arctic Ocean over just six months.

Technorati Tags: Global Warming,Arctic Ocean