History of Mayfair Community School

An interesting history of Mark’s school. No mention of Randall their most famous alumni.

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More on crocodiles

A bunch of you have commented and e-mailed about the “crocodile incident”.
At the Resonate Journal launch party, Linea Lanoie was there with Patrick. Later on that night, Linea’s husband joined the party at O’Shea’s. Carol and I took our kids to the Centennial fireworks while the gang moved downstairs. From Jordon’s account Leo told some [...]

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That didn’t take long

Mark came home from school today with a note saying someone in his class had head lice. Gross. Jordon wants Mark put in quarentine and he doesn’t even have it. Here’s a link to eHow with an article on how to get rid of head lice. Let’s hope I never need [...]

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A decade with Jordon

Ten years ago today Jordon and I went out for coffee, kind of. I tagged along Jordon and Bruce to the Black Duck. I think Jordon was a little irritated I came along. He thought I was a know it all and talked too much. I thought Jordon was arrogant and [...]

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Bud’s on Broadway

For the last two years Jordon and Todd Peters have been going once in a while on a Monday night to the legendary Bud’s on Broadway to hear the Monday night band. Like most places, the lesser known and bad bands play on Monday nights in front of really small crowds. Last night [...]

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The Investigator

Jordon and I just took the Enneagram test. We are both Type 5’s. We are the Investigator.The Good and the Bad of being an Investigator
Healthy: Observe everything with extraordinary perceptiveness and insight. Most mentally alert, curious, searching intelligence: nothing escapes their notice. Foresight and prediction. Able to concentrate: become engrossed in what has [...]

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Thurday Night with theologian Stanley Hauerwas

Jordon and Leighton pilgrimaged to Regina to hear Stanley Hauerwas, a theologian whom Time has called America’s Greatest Theologian who was in town to give the Luther Lecture. Jordon has some pretty good notes on Hauerwas’s lecture, The Sacrifice of War and the Christian Sacrifice.
From the Luther Lecture Website
Dr. Hauerwas is a graduate of [...]

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Women’s Hands Cleaner Than Men, Study Says

So gross. Atlanta Braves fans are DISGUSTING
Men are dirtier than women. So scientists confirmed by spying in public restrooms, watching as one-quarter of men left without washing their hands.
The worst offenders were at an Atlanta Braves game.
In contrast, 90 percent of the women did wash up.
Wednesday’s results mark the American Society of Microbiology’s latest [...]

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Hockey Pundits Relaunches

Hockey Pundits has a new look and a new home. It still has the same snarky commentary that made everyone love it before.

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A Decade

On Sunday, it will be ten years that Jordon has been the pastor of Lakeland Church in Spiritwood. That’s about 550 trips up to Spiritwood and back or 202,000 kms back and forth. It’s been a lot of fun.

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