Day: May 19, 2009

A classmate mused that the majority of her friends on facebook are extras, collections, souvenirs.  Some of my friends collect friends as well, having easily over 500 friends on their facebook site.  Perhaps I’m only one of their trinkets…   Amid the rising tide of passwords, login codes, updates and commentaries, what is the meaning of all this collecting?… (read more)

Two weeks ago I was one of many judges for the entries in the Heritage Fair, Prairie South School Division Regional Finals.  The best sentence of the whole day went to a young adolescent who wrote a lengthy paper about Canada’s best inventions.  Writing about poutine and making connections to its relevance to Canada’s future, the student stated, “It’s a… (read more)

Last Thursday evening, much of Moose Jaw was without power as the fire department fought a huge fire near Moose Jaw’s downtown.  My daughter and I were at soccer when we saw the flames.  Upon our return, we wanted to veg-out and thaw-out in front of the TV.  Once home, when the power went off a little before nine, we… (read more)