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Well, it's fast approaching. Mardi Gras.... beads, boobs, booze. But, following that, Ash Wednesday, and for many people, the observance of the Lenten season. I was pondering the observance we endured as kids... those horrific days of having to give up tv... lol... and my daughter's strict...

Okay folks, throw out your fave low cal tummy fillers!

Edmonton's downtown core has been largely shut down today thanks to a gunman who has taken hostages in the Worker's Compensation Board building. Needless to say, he has been identified as a disgruntled former 'patient' of the system. Some pity him. Some think he should be shot on sight...

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have arrested 16 Greenpeace protesters, including 13 who had chained themselves to a Shell oilsands upgrader plant in northern Alberta. Police moved in around 5:30 a.m. Sunday, 24 hours after the activists scaled three smokestacks and a construction crane at...

Canada is a model to the rest of the world of how to accept new immigrants and migrant workers, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme. Canada is among a small group of nations that has generally fair and open immigration policies, the report contends, that...

Tonight's supper is garden potatoes, onions, carrots, and fresh Taber corn, all chopped up and tossed with some coarse salt, pepper, and chopped bacon, then roasted until the bacon is cooked and the potatoes are soft. Yum. Not the healthiest meal I've ever made, but it smells DELISH. I'm off...

My daughter lie in bed, staring up at me from her pillow, and asked me how long until the wedding. "Saturday sweety. Only two more sleeps," I replied. "Yay! Finally!" was her excited reply. “Oh if only she knew,” I thought quietly to myself. No... it’s not that the happy couple took their...

My gripe of the day is 'cleanses'. While I can understand the allure of some of the cleanses, those that market themselves for long term use strike me as nothing more than cleverly marketed bulemia. If I were to brag to my friends tomorrow that I'd lost 30 lbs by taking laxatives every day...

I know I've seen some really harsh PSA's in the past, but, this is the most recent 'pulls no punches' PSA I've seen. Warning, graphic YouTube - Don't text and Drive

I hate them. Plain and simple. I try to avoid using them. They strike me as the intellectual low of our era. And so, I kick off this list, of pathetic smush words. Feel free to add those that annoy you the most, or, your favourites. Most hated.... Frienemy. The only one I like...

Wow. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who doesn't get motion sick. Right now I'm lying in bed trying to shake the queasiness, and replaying the movie in my head. An exciting, fresh look at the issues of immigration, segregation, and racism, I really enjoyed it.

Okay guys. I know I was less shocked by gerry's posts because I had seen his anger building over this issue across two forums and in conversations off forum. So, I'll pose the question the way I feel it should have been posed (sorry ger). Whose death deserves respect, and whose doesn't...

Because I was looking for some light reading over my morning coffee.... Six Sigma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm not sure who this sort of thing might appeal to, but, I found the criticisms section of the Six Sigma System to be an interesting read after having read through the rest...

Scientists in a storm over day-glo monkeys Scientists in a storm over day-glo monkeys - Asia-Pacific, World News - Independent.ie The five marmosets carry a fluorescent protein gene that causes their skin to glow...

In BC that is!! Yeppers, family road trip. Two weeks, from Edmonton to the coast. We're hitting Enderby, Salmon Arm, and Kelowna as dedicated stops to see friends and family. Along the way I want to SEE what BC has to offer, not just drive through it. So, all you beautiful BC folks, offer...

Michael Stetz Waitress says bare face led to firing By Michael Stetz Union-Tribune Columnist 2:00 a.m. May 20, 2009 "I always thought I looked silly wearing makeup," said Shenoa Vild, 27, of North Park. -...

Kid Wins Over Teacher In Creationism Suit | I Am Bored While I don't support litigation, this is an illuminating example of how people attempt to brainwash captive, impressionable audiences. I've personally seen this time and time again, and would like to make a couple points, even though they...

I watched a show the other day, the disclaimer for which warned... "This show contains scenes of nudity, parental discretion is advised." Okay... here we go... hold onto your hats, we might see some skin. *gasp* I was mortified when the 'nudity' arrived, in the form of a strangled, naked...

Okay... short and sweet... I try to keep my nearly 8 year old son from playing any game that trivializes the act of killing people or things, because he is at an age where he just doesn't have an empathetic bent yet. He has yet to grasp the notions of death and pain truly and fully as his...

Remembering Edmonton musician, actor Joe Bird I didn't really know where to put this upon finding out tonight, over wine and partying, that Joe had passed away. I was kind of dumbstruck. He was an acquaintance who had sung at a friends' wedding, who had from everything I'd seen about him...