Blog Question(s) Of The Day:
1. Why am I afraid to ask my Dad a question?
2. Would I look good in a pin-stripe suit?
3. Should I care how many Twitter followers I have?
Friday, April 20, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Blog Question(s) Of The Day:
1. Is it achievable, from the make-up of my psychology, to phase out the practice of talking to myself?
2. What song most passionately tells your story, of deeply held longing that was always denied?
3. Can I set up a custom tournament in NHL 12 that would feature only the teams that didn't make the "real" playoffs to find out who would be the best (of the worst)?
1. Is it achievable, from the make-up of my psychology, to phase out the practice of talking to myself?
2. What song most passionately tells your story, of deeply held longing that was always denied?
3. Can I set up a custom tournament in NHL 12 that would feature only the teams that didn't make the "real" playoffs to find out who would be the best (of the worst)?
This is a story that I don't think will occur again for some time.
We were heading downtown for lunch, heading south on Idylwyld Drive. It was a fairly normal day; traffic was not particularly troubling. We got to the corner of 22nd Street and Idylwyld Drive, and it was still 5 to 12. Everything looked good to be one time at the Vietnamese restaurant for lunch.
We were behind a red pickup truck in the left turn lane, from Idylwyld onto 22nd Street. It is noon, and this is a hectic intersection, so I thought little of the fact that we didn't progress any on the light cycle. I assumed someone at the head of the line is just really timid on the left turn.
Then another light cycle came and went and we didn't move again. Now I am thinking, what the hell?!? I start looking around, to see if I can see past the truck. Or staring intently at the driver's mirror, to see if I can figure out, what the hell??
Another light cycle has now passed. We are not moving. Mark and I are now talking about what the possible circumstances are. The inevitability of death is mentioned as an option. People behind us are getting out of their vehicles now, to see what is going on. Others, more impatient, are pulling out, going in the right lane, and slipping back in, in front of the red truck. There is a ton of scowling going on amongst everyone.
We're stuck, as the vehicle directly behind the red truck. He's not moving, so we're not moving. If they are far enough back, people behind us are making the move go to around. I really don't even have that as an option because everyone else is blocking my access into the right lane.
Finally Mark has had enough and he wants to know what's going on. Even if that means finding a dead man stalled in the left lane of Idylwyld. Just as he opens the door, the man starts to attention in his truck. I notice him shake his head once, and then he begins to drive ahead slowly. He gets to the light, which is green, and he motors through, off towards who knows where.
We dumbfoundedly make the left turn onto 22nd Street, still marvelling at the man who fell asleep at the stop light.
We were heading downtown for lunch, heading south on Idylwyld Drive. It was a fairly normal day; traffic was not particularly troubling. We got to the corner of 22nd Street and Idylwyld Drive, and it was still 5 to 12. Everything looked good to be one time at the Vietnamese restaurant for lunch.
We were behind a red pickup truck in the left turn lane, from Idylwyld onto 22nd Street. It is noon, and this is a hectic intersection, so I thought little of the fact that we didn't progress any on the light cycle. I assumed someone at the head of the line is just really timid on the left turn.
Then another light cycle came and went and we didn't move again. Now I am thinking, what the hell?!? I start looking around, to see if I can see past the truck. Or staring intently at the driver's mirror, to see if I can figure out, what the hell??
Another light cycle has now passed. We are not moving. Mark and I are now talking about what the possible circumstances are. The inevitability of death is mentioned as an option. People behind us are getting out of their vehicles now, to see what is going on. Others, more impatient, are pulling out, going in the right lane, and slipping back in, in front of the red truck. There is a ton of scowling going on amongst everyone.
We're stuck, as the vehicle directly behind the red truck. He's not moving, so we're not moving. If they are far enough back, people behind us are making the move go to around. I really don't even have that as an option because everyone else is blocking my access into the right lane.
Finally Mark has had enough and he wants to know what's going on. Even if that means finding a dead man stalled in the left lane of Idylwyld. Just as he opens the door, the man starts to attention in his truck. I notice him shake his head once, and then he begins to drive ahead slowly. He gets to the light, which is green, and he motors through, off towards who knows where.
We dumbfoundedly make the left turn onto 22nd Street, still marvelling at the man who fell asleep at the stop light.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Today I Learned . . .
1. The basic story of the show can be traced back to Jerry Elijah Rushing, an actual moonshiner in North Carolina. At the age of 12, he began making deliveries, eventually using a modified 1958 Chrysler 300D for the job. The car, named “Traveller” after General Lee’s horse, was rigged to dump oil on the road to impair law enforcement vehicles in pursuit. Rushing was often joined by his brother Johnny, and sometimes by his female cousin Delane. But they just delivered the moonshine, which was actually made by Rushing’s Uncle Worley. Rushing eventually left the business and became an accomplished hunter, especially with a bow. His stories about his adventures inspired the 1975 movie Moonrunners, which in turn led to The Dukes of Hazzard.
2. Johnny Cash wrote a song about the car from the Dukes of Hazzard
1. The basic story of the show can be traced back to Jerry Elijah Rushing, an actual moonshiner in North Carolina. At the age of 12, he began making deliveries, eventually using a modified 1958 Chrysler 300D for the job. The car, named “Traveller” after General Lee’s horse, was rigged to dump oil on the road to impair law enforcement vehicles in pursuit. Rushing was often joined by his brother Johnny, and sometimes by his female cousin Delane. But they just delivered the moonshine, which was actually made by Rushing’s Uncle Worley. Rushing eventually left the business and became an accomplished hunter, especially with a bow. His stories about his adventures inspired the 1975 movie Moonrunners, which in turn led to The Dukes of Hazzard.
2. Johnny Cash wrote a song about the car from the Dukes of Hazzard
Monday, April 09, 2012
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Saturday, April 07, 2012
Friday, April 06, 2012
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Today I Learned . . .
1. Joni Mitchell wrote the hit Nazareth song "This Flight Tonight".
2. When injecting chemicals into water, sodium hydroxide (NaOH or "caustic") must be injected before sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl or "chlorine"). The reason is, injecting sodium hydroxide into water first, will raise the pH of the water. This will enable more of the free chlorine to persist longer.
1. Joni Mitchell wrote the hit Nazareth song "This Flight Tonight".
2. When injecting chemicals into water, sodium hydroxide (NaOH or "caustic") must be injected before sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl or "chlorine"). The reason is, injecting sodium hydroxide into water first, will raise the pH of the water. This will enable more of the free chlorine to persist longer.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Monday, April 02, 2012
Sunday, April 01, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
The Daily Affirmation
1. I came very close to beating the average score on a challenging jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw Puzzle
2. Happiness is . . . getting a status update that your online order has shipped
3. I saw what I was doing, and I stopped myself from being negative
1. I came very close to beating the average score on a challenging jigsaw puzzle
Jigsaw Puzzle
2. Happiness is . . . getting a status update that your online order has shipped
3. I saw what I was doing, and I stopped myself from being negative
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Today I Learned . . .
1. The element Scandium was predicted to exist by Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table. He dubbed the element ekaboron, with an atomic mass between 40 and 48 in 1869. Lars Fredrik Nilson and his team detected this element in the minerals euxenite and gadolinite. Nilson prepared 2 grams of scandium oxide of high purity. He named the element scandium, from the Latin Scandia meaning "Scandinavia". Nilson was apparently unaware of Mendeleev's prediction, but Per Teodor Cleve recognized the correspondence and notified Mendeleev.
2. The 2012 Major League Baseball season will begin on March 28 with the first of a two game series between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The stateside portion of the regular season will start April 4 in Miami, Florida, with the opening of the new Marlins Park, as the newly renamed Miami Marlins host the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.
3. Google now has games
1. The element Scandium was predicted to exist by Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the periodic table. He dubbed the element ekaboron, with an atomic mass between 40 and 48 in 1869. Lars Fredrik Nilson and his team detected this element in the minerals euxenite and gadolinite. Nilson prepared 2 grams of scandium oxide of high purity. He named the element scandium, from the Latin Scandia meaning "Scandinavia". Nilson was apparently unaware of Mendeleev's prediction, but Per Teodor Cleve recognized the correspondence and notified Mendeleev.
2. The 2012 Major League Baseball season will begin on March 28 with the first of a two game series between the Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The stateside portion of the regular season will start April 4 in Miami, Florida, with the opening of the new Marlins Park, as the newly renamed Miami Marlins host the defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals.
3. Google now has games
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Today I Learned . . .
1. There are actually three ligaments that hold together the shoulder, as it relates to the connection between clavicle (collar bone), shoulder blade and shoulder socket. They are:
acromioclavicular ligament - connecting tissue between shoulder blade and clavicle
corocoacromial ligament - tissue between shoulder blade and shoulder socket
corocoacromial ligament - tissue between clavicle (collar bone) and shoulder socket
1. There are actually three ligaments that hold together the shoulder, as it relates to the connection between clavicle (collar bone), shoulder blade and shoulder socket. They are:
acromioclavicular ligament - connecting tissue between shoulder blade and clavicle
corocoacromial ligament - tissue between shoulder blade and shoulder socket
corocoacromial ligament - tissue between clavicle (collar bone) and shoulder socket
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Today I Learned . . .
Why was the name 'Idylwyld Drive' given to the main road through Saskatoon?
The name Idylwyld Drive comes from the neighbourhood of the same name and was applied to both the bridge and the freeway by City Council upon completion of the bridge on September 28, 1966. The records don't reveal any real discussion on the matter - literally, one Councillor suggested the name for the bridge and freeway, everyone agreed, and that was it. In 2001, the Idylwyld Bridge was re-named in honour of Senator Sid Buckwold, ex-Mayor of Saskatoon, who died that year.
The source of the name "Idylwyld" itself is a bit obscure. There is an old, tongue-in-cheek story that it was because the "The men are idle and the women are wild" but this is of course not true, particularly since the name was applied before it was developed during the pre-First World War real estate boom, around 1909-1912.
There are several places in Ontario named something like "Idylwyld" and it's possible that the name is taken from one of them, and that it was simply chosen by the original developer because of its vaguely sylvan / pastoral sound (the area would have been fairly bushy at the time, and if I recall correctly, prior to development was often used as a camping ground by early residents of Nutana seeking to beat the summer heat).
Jeff O'Brien
City Archivist
Why was the name 'Idylwyld Drive' given to the main road through Saskatoon?
The name Idylwyld Drive comes from the neighbourhood of the same name and was applied to both the bridge and the freeway by City Council upon completion of the bridge on September 28, 1966. The records don't reveal any real discussion on the matter - literally, one Councillor suggested the name for the bridge and freeway, everyone agreed, and that was it. In 2001, the Idylwyld Bridge was re-named in honour of Senator Sid Buckwold, ex-Mayor of Saskatoon, who died that year.
The source of the name "Idylwyld" itself is a bit obscure. There is an old, tongue-in-cheek story that it was because the "The men are idle and the women are wild" but this is of course not true, particularly since the name was applied before it was developed during the pre-First World War real estate boom, around 1909-1912.
There are several places in Ontario named something like "Idylwyld" and it's possible that the name is taken from one of them, and that it was simply chosen by the original developer because of its vaguely sylvan / pastoral sound (the area would have been fairly bushy at the time, and if I recall correctly, prior to development was often used as a camping ground by early residents of Nutana seeking to beat the summer heat).
Jeff O'Brien
City Archivist