Thursday, October 31, 2024

1584 Posts Before the World Changed Forever

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I had to go back to my blog to find something I'd written, and it struck me that these 1584 posts represent a time and world that does n...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Vacation Pictures...

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I finally have my July family vacation pictures all up online! I don't have a good excuse for not having done this sooner, but it matter...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

The Best Things Are Happy Endings

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I have been a little shocked at the amount of twitter chat involving criticism of yesterday's Amber Alert in Edmonton and frankly, as...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Deathwing!

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Early this morning Edmontonians woke up to an incredibly orange sky that prompted many comments of the apocalyptic variety on twitter. It...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

The Culmination of a Childhood

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As we have for many of my son's birthdays, tonight we watched a Harry Potter movie on opening night. I couldn't help but reflect bac...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge thank Canadian Red Cross volunteers for response efforts in Slave Lake- Canadian Red Cross

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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge thank Canadian Red Cross volunteers for response efforts in Slave Lake- Canadian Red Cross
Thursday, July 07, 2011

Our 7th Wedding Anniversary!

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Marriage: Allows you to annoy one special person for the rest of your life. Happy anniversary Duncan!
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Friday, July 01, 2011

Happy Canada Day!

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Happy Graduation!

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Wesley finishes his High School career! Congrats!
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Social Media Revolution

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Based on #1 International Best Selling Socialnomics by Erik Qualman this is the latest in the most watch social media series in the world....
Monday, June 27, 2011

Slave Lake Pictures

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I finally got all of my Slave Lake photos loaded up into Flickr. You can see them HERE .
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Don't Forget About Slave Lake!

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" In all the years I've been doing this job, I haven't seen anything with this kind of speed and devastation ." - Len Ma...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

We Take Too Much For Granted Everyday

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Alice Pyne is a 15 year old girl who knows she is running out of time. She has hopes and dreams like we all do - she would have liked to hav...
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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Catching Up

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My silence on this blog has spanned a period of time that includes all of my anniversary type dates - my 8th blogiversary, my 4th twitterver...
Monday, December 27, 2010

The Gift of Time!

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You may recall my "Dear Santa" post in November where I lamented not having any specific or material "wants" to put on ...
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas!

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This year to celebrate Christmas I have compiled 40 years worth of Christmas memories (which I've been furiously sorting and scanning f...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE!

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Total Lunar Eclipse Winter Solstice Sunset Solstice Moonrise (over WEM)
Sunday, December 19, 2010

Let The Bodies Hit The Floor!!!!!

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EMBED-Parrot Sing "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor" - Watch more free videos Simple things like this make life worth living. This ...
Friday, December 17, 2010

2010 Christmas Greetings!

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Myspace Glitter Graphics
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Maisie's Magical Christmas House

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If you're in Edmonton for this holiday season, you should visit Maisie's Magical Christmas House , located at 9619 – 144 Avenue . ...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A TREE for a Good Cause

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Do you need a Christmas Tree? Know someone else who doesn't have their tree yet? Today you can support Edmonton's Food Bank by purc...
Tuesday, December 07, 2010

The Tree is Trimmed!

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We put up the Christmas Tree Sunday evening. Decorating the Tree is one of my favourite Christmas rituals... We have ornaments from each of...
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Sunday, December 05, 2010

Yesterday, Tomorrow and Fantasy

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To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past .... and here youth may s...
Thursday, December 02, 2010

Christmas Time!

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When the lights go on at the Alberta Legislature grounds I know it is Christmas time and I should get our tree up.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Happy Channukah!

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Dear Santa...

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I'm having trouble this year deciding what it is that I would ask for to receive at Christmas if I were to make such a "wish list....
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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Santa's Anonymous

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We had a blast volunteering at the 630CHED Santa's Anonymous Warehouse for the Wrapping Tweetup on Friday evening. We were "bagg...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Edmonton Transit Disappoints

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Dear Councillor Leibovici; This morning, on the coldest day Edmonton has seen in 2010, the school special express bus my children take to ...
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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Thinking about Christmas

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While walking around West Edmonton Mall today. I'd better get seriously organized...  it's not really that far away!
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Saturday, November 20, 2010

ETS Stuff A Bus Campaign

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Starting on Monday November 22 to Saturday November 27 Save-On-Foods and Edmonton Transit team up to raise food donations for the Edmonto...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Got Library Fines?

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On Saturday, November 27, 2010 the Edmonton Public Library will be hosting an event called Food4Fines where they will waive up to $25 in f...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Edmonton's Santas Anonymous

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If you are looking for a really cool (and fulfilling) volunteer experience this Christmas season in the Edmonton area then I would like to ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Starting to Look a Lot Like Christmas

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On Saturday Edmonton officially launched the 2010 Christmas season by lighting a giant Christmas Tree (dressed in green and gold, of course...
Friday, November 12, 2010

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We Remember We attended the Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph at Edmonton's City Hall. This is where Wesley's unit, The Loyal...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

Canada at War

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From WWI to Present Day Afghanistan - this video is a tribute to all Canadian soldiers for Remembrance Day 2010 (via Jonathan Wagner)
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Canada Remembers

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Veterans Week 2010 official vignette
Tuesday, November 09, 2010

What is the Poppy Fund?

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We wear our red poppies for two weeks each year and we do it as a sign of respect, as an act of remembrance and as a way of saying thank yo...
Monday, November 08, 2010

The National War Memorial

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The National War Memorial is found in Confederation Square in Ottawa, close to the Parliament Buildings. The memorial consists of an arch o...

A memorial in Canada for Canadians

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The Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square, Ottawa. In the year 2000 a Cana...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

Tower of Victory and Peace

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  The Peace Tower  The Memorial Chamber  The Books of Remembrance Apart from being a Canadian landmark, icon and the flagpole of our na...
Saturday, November 06, 2010

In Flanders Fields

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Display at the Canadian War Museum The WWI poem " In Flanders Fields " was penned by Canadian Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae the ...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

Are You Wearing Your Poppy?

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Wednesday, November 03, 2010

(e)ALLIE joins the Century Club!

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I've been exploring Empire Avenue now since March and I've enjoyed every stage that I've traveled through as an influencer ther...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

We Must Fight

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Do you have your (e)ALLIE yet?

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(e)ALLIE is on the way up! Come on along for the ride!
Monday, November 01, 2010

Don't forget your Poppy!

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  National War Memorial, Ottawa Poppies became available at most places in Edmonton on Friday. I've heard a rumour there may be a shorta...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

Happy Halloween!

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

For Our Troops and their Families

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Earlier this month I blogged about Dennis LeClair's "To Our Canadian Troops" commemorative album, all proceeds of which go di...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Mooooo!

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I was very excited to come home and find that my Moo Cards had arrived! I loves them! These are the little business cards I have on my key...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Dancing with Wolves

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One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two ...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Edmonton Tweetup!

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I am soooo tired in this picture... Finishing off a very busy week (including Beyond 2010, the Hackathon, the Yeg Girl Geek Mixer, and the ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

Long Live the Cabal...

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There is no Cabal... The Edmonton Empire Avenue Boardroom on October 21 was well attended with more than 40 Empire Avenue Influencers and s...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Beyond 2010 Hackathon

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I've stayed up all night with a great group of talented people at the Beyond 2010 Hackathon (in Edmonton, Alberta) and an equally talen...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Look at me, I'm in a Cave!

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I was the featured Empire Avenue member today on the Dragon's Cave . You can read the whole article HERE .

Red Sky in the Morn...

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Edmonton Sunrise Oct 19 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010

Four Easy Steps to Voting in Edmonton!

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I've heard various reasons over the past few days as to why people don't vote or why they likely won't vote in tomorrow's el...
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Friday, October 15, 2010

Empire Avenue Photo Contest!

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The Empire Building Network has just announced the first Empire Avenue photo contest. Post an original photograph between October 16th...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The UltraAVX Experience...

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  Thanks to Cloud AdAgents and Cineplex Entertainment , last weekend myself and 8 other Edmonton twitter friends had the chance to experien...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving!

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In Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October. For us it is a celebration of the end of the harvest season, simil...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

Happy 10 - 10 - 10!

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Everyone knows the answer to the ultimate question of life, universe & everything is 42 . 10 10 10 in binary = 42 . For geeks worldwi...
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Friday, October 08, 2010

"The Effect was Instantaneous..."

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Ninety four years ago today, on a bleak battlefield known as the Somme, along a forsaken line known as the Regina Trench, a young boy of o...
Thursday, October 07, 2010

Guestblogging From an Undisclosed Location

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Duncan and I co-wrote a playful election piece for Edmonton's popular podcast talk show - The Unknown Studio. Involving Battlestar Gal...

The Force Is Strong With This One...

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Happy Birthday to my Soul Mate. May the Force Be With You today and for many more birthdays!