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Resolutions

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 [...]

The Weekend In Sports

First the positives: The University of Saskatchewan Huskies beat the UBC Thunderbirds making Coach Brian Towris the winningest coach in CIU football.  For you American readers, this is a pretty big deal.  Brian Towris wins year in and year out with no scholarships and until recently, inferior facilities to almost every other university in Canada.  [...]

Prime Minister Stephen Harper comes to town

It’s worth watching just to see the cheesy introduction and the fact that he isn’t sure if his own MPs are there are not.   He does assure us that they are doing a great job in the region.

Oliver

Mark took this great photo of Oliver the other day at the University of Saskatchewan.  I think it’s my favourite photo ever taken of Oliver.

Museum of Natural Sciences

On Sunday, Wendy and the boys wandered over to the Museum of Natural Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan.  Mark gave me a new zoom lens for my birthday and wanted to go out and try it.  Both Wendy and Mark took their camera’s along as well and all of us took some shots as [...]

Building the University of Saskatchewan

I have mentioned this site several times to people lately and I thought I would post it here.  Since I have called for Saskatoon agencies to release their archives, I thought I would give some credit to the University of Saskatchewan has done a fantastic job of putting some of their historical archives online especially [...]

Opening up Saskatoon’s Archives

I wasn’t sure what I was looking for last night but I ended up at the Saskatoon Public Library’s database of archival images.  I checked out some old historic collections from Saskatoon’s past but I have to admit that it wasn’t the easiest to use, it was slow, you can’t save any images, and it [...]

College of Agriculture & Bioresrouces

A quick shot of the College of Agriculture and Bioresrources as part of the my Project 365 in 2011.

Maybe we are in the top 500

The bad news is that the University of Saskatchewan is not listed in the top 400 universities from around the world.  Here are the Canadian universities that are well respected. #18 McGill University #29 University of Toronto #44 University of British Columbia (UBC) #78 University of Alberta #131 Queen’s University #136 Université de Montréal #145 [...]

Busy right now

I haven’t posted much here lately for the obvious reasons that life has been quite busy. I am trying to decide whether or not I want to take enrol in Commerce‘s Edward’s School of Business business certificate program.  Of course my other option is to do the Chapters self-directed MBA but the business certificate is a [...]

Christmas Gift Guide for the Sports Fan

Readers of this blog know that I am a big sports fan.  As a sports fan I know how hard we can be to shop for and along that line I have some suggestions on what to get for your favorite sports fan.  Just a tip.  If you don’t know what his or her favorite [...]

Contextless Football Thoughts

Well the Denver Broncos are 5-0 after beating the New England Patriots in OT on Sunday.  You have no idea how much this messes with me.  Emotionally I was prepared for a 5-11 record and now they are 5-0.  I am not sure how to handle this.  Do I start to believe that Denver could [...]

University of Saskatchewan Huskies vs. the UBC Thunderbirds

The Huskies are hosting the UBC Thunderbirds this Friday at Griffiths Stadium.  Unless the weather is beyond horrible, I will be attending with Mark and my brother.  Let me know if you want to join us. Despite being a big football fan and a fan of the Huskies since I was a kid, I think [...]

Contextless Football Thoughts

I was up at the lake this weekend and the little bit of football news I got was through Twitter.  It’s always nerve wracking to come home and wonder if your team or teams won. Okay, let’s just admit that Notre Dame will probably be 10-2 heading into a BCS bowl game and we still [...]

AODBT’s Office

I have been walking by AODBT’s office for the last couple of months and I was anxiously awaiting how it would turn out.  As a resident of a Saskatoon core neighborhood, I was excited to see a firm like AODBT make an investment in the community.  As the exterior of the building got closer and [...]