Weekend at the lake- July 14, 2008 Wendy does a good job of summarizing up our weekend at the lake. For those of you who are too lazy or disinterested to click, the Reimers and the Camplins asked if they could go out and paint the cabin for us. After making sure that Gloria wouldn't be painting all over the outside of the cabin (think something along the line of "John Wesley was over rated"), we couldn't wait to head up there. After a lot of scraping, painting, some sunburn, and a broken coffee pot (it made two whole.http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/weekend-at-lake.html Is Blogging Dead- July 14, 2008 Jason Calacanis thinks so.> Bloggers spend more time digging, tweeting, and SEOing their posts> than they do on the posts themselves. In the early days of blogging> Peter Rojas, who was my blog professor, told me what was required to> win at blogging: show up every day. In 2003 and 2004 that was the> case. Today Whats required is a team of social marketers to get your> message out there, and a second one to manage the fall-out from> whatever youve said.>> Think: Nick..http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/is-blogging-dead.html Abandoned home quarter- July 14, 2008 Abandoned home quarter, originally uploaded by Jordon.While heading back from Arlington Beach yesterday I stopped and took a couple of photographs of this deteriorating farm house on the road from Cymric to Arlington.There is a farm house near the lake that has a really creepy and sad story to it (whether it is true or not I don't know) which always makes me wonder what happened to this home quarter. While it is probably pretty boring (retired or built a newer house on another plot of land),...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/abandoned-home-quarter.html Brothers- July 14, 2008 Brothers, originally uploaded by Jordon.A quick photo of Mark feeding Oliver.http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/brothers.html Contextless Links- July 13, 2008 Maybe that Eric Tillman guy knew what he is doing. The Riders are now 3-0 with a win by their starting QB, backup QB, and third string QB. Bombardier has a new regional jet that is both fuel efficient and emits less emissions. To bad there won't be any solvent airlines left to buy it. How cola sales predict political stability How do houses do as a long or short term investment A map showing the growth of Wal-Mart across the United States over the yearshttp://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/riders-beat-tigercats-and-move-to-3-0.html The Green Shift- July 10, 2008 Last night I finally felt awake enough to do some reading about Stephane Dion's carbon tax, err, Green Shift, err, The Green Shift. First of all I think it is naive to tax carbon producers and think they won't pass on the tax burden to the consumers which in the end will be a carbon tax. While my gut instinct is that it will be hard on the Alberta economy, I haven't seen anything more than numbers by angry Calgary columnists so I will reserve my judgement. Also while the NEP...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/green-shift.html Vote for Me- July 10, 2008 In the most mediocre Canadian contest. I am serious. Join the campaign. It's going nowhere that spectacular. Brent Gretzky is only mediocre because of his brother. Warren Kinsella has FOUR well known books and drives a nicer classic car than I do. Alan Thicke Way, way nicer hair than any of us. He is a D list celebrity already. You won't see me courtside at L.A. Clippers games, that is Alan Thicke territory. I am from Saskatchewan. We..http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/vote-for-me.html Contextless Links- July 10, 2008 Kottke has a good post on the idea that kids make unhappy parents :: Eight years into this parenting thing and 8 days into kid number two, I may a bit overtired but I am very happy with our choice to become parents. Senator Jim Webb didn't like the vetting process that the Obama team put him through so has "undeclared" for being VP. Pray at the Pump :: The church may have hit a new rock bottom. Shocking News! :: Dick Cheney tried to hide the health effects in climate change. Of course...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/contextless-links_09.html It's Over- July 9, 2008 Well today the residents of Sandy Bay left the Cosmo Civic Centre in Saskatoon, boarded three busses and started the 8 hour drive back home which ended the evacuation from the community. Before the busses had left the Cosmo Civic Centre parking lot, the Salvation Army Community Centre had packed up our stuff and were heading back to the Centre via a Tim Horton's for some much needed vitamin supplement (vitamin: caffeine). Shortly after that I was back home taking a much wanted nap...http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/it-over.html Contextless Links- July 9, 2008 J.P. Riccardi throws in the towel, just like he has over the last six years. 50 things that are blamed on the rising cost of oil.http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/07/contextless-links_08.html |