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Resolutions

Dec 31st, 2011
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Wendy posted her New Year’s Resolutions so I thought I would post mine. Take the stairs to the top of The Lighthouse at least daily.  This seems like a really good idea now that building is only four stories but when the new tower is nine stories this summer, it could be a really bad [...]

Welcome Home

Apr 5th, 2011
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The new Conservative ad is not bad (nothing that distinguishes it from the NDP or Liberals) but nothing compared to this ad by Tim Horton’s.  Update: The Liberals are saying that it is actually a remix of a Tim Pawlenty/Tea Party commercial)

The weekend

Feb 26th, 2011
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I am back from a week in Winnipeg and have just enough time to do some laundry, hug the kids, toss the ball to the dog before I have to head back to Winnipeg for some more meetings.  Of course it wouldn’t be so bad if the drive wasn’t so unbelievably boring.  The scenery doesn’t [...]

Review of the renovated Credit Union Centre

Jan 2nd, 2010
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I was in (the then Saskatchewan Place) for it’s first game in 1988.  It was a horseshoe configuration with the one end open on top and bottom while the other end was open in the upper bowl only.  Over the years the top bowl was completed on one end and for the World Junior Hockey [...]

Christmas Gift Guide for the Homeless

Dec 1st, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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This one is pretty close to my heart.  At work I get to buy the Christmas gifts for the guys at the Salvation Army Community Centre and I have a lot of fun doing it. Last year I got them nice duffle bags and a watch/wallet gift set.  We also got a big donation of [...]

Tim Horton’s vs. Barack Obama and the United Nations

Sep 23rd, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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Calgary Grit looks at Stephen Harper’s decision to skip the United Nations and Barack Obama’s speech on the environment for a chance for a photo op at Tim Horton’s.

Christmas Day as it happens

Dec 25th, 2008
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8:00 a.m. :: I should be at work.  I am not. 9:00 a.m. :: Tim Horton’s is closed!  What?!  They are “celebrating” family values.  That may be a good thing but where do I get my coffee? 9:15 a.m. :: Found coffee at a 7/11.  English Toffee cappuccino has become my new friend.  My decision [...]

Live Blogging Christmas Eve

Dec 24th, 2008
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With the power of the iPod Touch and the fact that I won’t be far from the interweb this year, I thought I would live blog the minutia of the holiday season. 7:00 a.m. :: Good news, the car started. 7:45 a.m. :: Used the command start to start the car again. 8:05 a.m. :: [...]