Sometimes, when I’m not doing what I ought, I read books, and I was recently given “We Are Iran” by Monique. The book has turned out to be way more interesting that I thought it would be.
I wrote this post a while ago, but I didn’t put it up because I didn’t want to jinx my sister, Virginia. But she’s going to be a paramedic! She’s been taking a course from the B.C. Justice Institute and it’s been going really well for her. Of course, the Justice Institute sounds like the kind of place that would have Green Lantern and Superman standing around the lobby.
If you’re like me and you have *cough* almost finished *cough* your Christmas shopping but haven’t found that thing for me yet, not to worry. My list this year is brief as always.
I’ve arrived in Banff for the Blogs n’ Dogs conference. I’d like to present my experience so far in the format of a numerical guide to the conference and city.
Hello, Internet. I’m looking for a site I found once but now cannot find again.
It was an interactive portfolio site. I think it was for a public relations or advertising company. I thing the company was Canadian, and I think the company was named after a person, Leo or Leon or something like that.
“Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.”
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
You can scroll right easily by holding down the SHIFT key and using your scroll wheel. (Firefox users trying this will end up jumping to old Web pages until a) Firefox releases a fix, b) they change their settings like so.)