I’m not sure if this is some kind of divine retribution, but I have come home from Mexico with one hell of a cold (thanks for sharing, Mike.) and into the worst cold spell in Saskatoon since, well, the last one.  With windchill it was -51  degrees Celsius yesterday, which is damned cold in Fahrenheit.  [...]

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Shut up and Pass the Corona

Can’t talk.  Sunburning.   The weather is here, I wish you were beautiful…
Puerto Vallarta is especially nice when Saskatoon is at minus 40 degrees.
Later.

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Quick! Call the Language Police!

 I was cruising the job postings at a college here in town (no, I’m not going back to work.  I was just sightseeing.) and couldn’t help but notice the qualifications for one position.   Tell me if you find anything ironic about number 7 following number 6.

 

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE

Required
1. Complete Grade 12 plus a [...]

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Compulsion

I wonder what it is about human nature that compels us to continue on a course of action even when we know that the outcome is going to be unsatisfactory?  I refer, of course, to That Knitting Project (and I’m pretty sure that most people have had at least one in the course of their [...]

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Excuses and a Leadup

As my camera took a snowboarding trip to Panorama, BC last week, I had no pictures to distract from what would have been, shall we say, rather dull quiet posts.  So, the camera is back (and so is Andy, having taken the whole 5-day trip without benefit of his wallet.  He called me just as they [...]

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