10 years after the world saw the treatment of Afghan women as deplorable, it is happening again. The leadership of a nation is again forcing politics and religion to merge into one – and Tehran (capital of Iran) has sent a new message of opression to it’s people. Fail to adhere to ridgid islamic dress [...]

IMG_2523.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. My child is the cutest kid in the history of procreation. I know – I know. It’s hard to accept for some of you. I’ll just let that go.

Firstly: Nerd warning.  This is not about drugs – it’s about technology.  Social Networking is a current Internets buzzword that describes tools on the intertubes that connect people together and permit communication with a broad audience. It’s true I tell you.  This stuff is the internet equivalent of Crack.  (World of Warcraft is more like [...]

IMG_2001.JPG Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. Did you know (ok.. I didn’t and so I’m sharing this now…) that the Jolly Jumper – Fixture of Child Rearing for the last 50 years, is a CANADIAN invention? (This text stolen happily from http://www.jollyjumper.com/History.aspx ) “Susan Olivia (Davis) Poole, a.k.a. Olivia was born in 1889 and died in [...]

IMGP2120.JPGOriginally uploaded by ‘Scratch’. …is a good day. Got away from the house on Sunday for a much needed break. I picked up Jeff and we headed to Calgary to fish the Bow River in town at Fish Creek park. Not huge fish – but when you get to fish for brown trout, on dry [...]