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Hockey Time at AU

The All-Star hockey team is the biggest thing going in hockey right not. No matter which NHL teams’ web site you are on, you will be bombarded with requests to vote for this year’s All-Star team. Support your favourite players and vote! Simply choose one player for each position and click the web site’s submit… Read more »

The Good Life – A Different Way of Doing Things

When our daughter was in her sixth month of life, my husband and I decided to do something that four out of five accountants and retirement consultants would not recommend. We found ourselves between jobs and with just a little bit of money in our bank account. We decided to take three months off work… Read more »

Music To Eat Lunch To – +44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating

Label: Interscope/Polydor Release: November 2006 Tracks: 12 Rating: 5 Well, it’s official. The band called “blink 182” are no more. The three members have ultimately fragmented into two new bands. Tom DeLonge joined Boxcar Racer and Angels and Airways. Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker went to +44. It’s just like the situation of a couple… Read more »

From Where I Sit – A Room of Her Own

During a recent trip to Value Village, I was thrilled to find some books for my ever-expanding library. Getting three books (including two hardcovers) for $16.97 does my heart good. I love getting a helluva deal on something that I would have paid full price for. And who hasn’t suffered sticker shock at new book… Read more »

Lost & Found – Hymns and Shanties: Listening Still

When I was very young, I was a staggering toddler drunk on milk and wonder, and lullabies and nursery rhymes. My head was filled with songs that were mine alone. I would lie awake for hours in my crib, so I have been told, babbling in the singsong tongue of lunatics and infants. I was… Read more »

AUSU This Month – AU Students Applaud Affordability Framework

AU Students Applaud Affordability Framework New policy addresses many concerns, but barriers still exist Athabasca University Students’ Union – Friday’s press release on the Affordability Framework for Post-Secondary education included a number of surprises and addressed many of the concerns expressed in AUSU’s 2005 submission to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee’s post-secondary review. Requests… Read more »

Sun Signs – Sagittarius

Sagittarius November 23 to December 21 The Glyph (written symbol) for Sagittarius is the archer’s arrow pointing upward away from earthly troubles, signifying the Sagittarians eternal optimism and high ideals. Sagittarius is the ninth house of the zodiac and is ruled by Jupiter. Given their positive, fire sign, Sagittarians tend to have luck on their… Read more »

Music To Eat Lunch To – The Killers: Sam’s Town

Label: Island Records Release: September 2006 Tracks: 12 Rating: 9 I seem to have been lost in a time warp these past couple of months, because I could have sworn that Sam’s Town was released much earlier in the year and that I, in fact, had already reviewed it! In this case, I am happy… Read more »

From Where I Sit – Shoulder Saga III

In addition to the pre-admission clinic I attended before my shoulder surgery, I also met with the co-investigator of a shoulder study being done at the Grey Nuns Hospital. This woman, a physical therapist, is a researcher in the “Early Mobilization Following Mini-Open Rotator Cuff Repair” study. I am potentially a candidate for the study,… Read more »