Monthly Archives: December 2009

New Year’s Resolutions and Goals, 2010

By Adam Snider | Published: December 31, 2009

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to my Amazon.ca affiliate account. If you purchase anything after following these links, I’ll get a cut of the profit. Well, 2010 is almost upon us. That means that it’s time to make New Year’s Resolutions. Whether you prefer to call them resolutions, goals, or your “bucket list” (which [...]

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Taking Down the Christmas Tree

By Adam Snider | Published: December 28, 2009

The Post-Holiday Blues Although New Year’s Eve is still a few days away, the holidays are more or less over with for another year. With the end of the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season comes, for me, a bit of sadness. The embodiment of this sadness is the removal of the Christmas tree. [...]

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Good Old Fashioned Church Christmas

By Adam Snider | Published: December 22, 2009

If Christmas Eve plays out the way it’s expected to, I will be at two churches, for at least two hours (probably longer). You might wonder why this is. I mean, I’m not a Christian. And even if I was, why two churches? Well, there’s a simple answer to those questions. Answers, actually. But, they’re [...]

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The Winter Solstice Blues

By Adam Snider | Published: December 21, 2009

In the midst of the darkness, don’t forget the light Today is the winter solstice—the darkest day of the year. The last time I had looked outside this morning was at 9am. The sun had only just risen (though, as overcast as it was, it was difficult to tell). The sun will set at 4:16pm. [...]

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Same-Sex Marriage Hasn’t Destroyed Canadian Society

By Adam Snider | Published: December 18, 2009

4 and 1/2 Years Later and Our Society Hasn’t Collapsed As I was driving in to work this morning, the subject of gay marriage suddenly popped into my head. I’m not sure why, exactly, but as I maneuvered my car down Gateway Boulevard I found myself thinking, “Huh…gay marriage has been legal in Canada for [...]

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I Got New Glasses

By Adam Snider | Published: December 16, 2009

A New Face for a New Year A couple of weeks ago, with Sara’s help, I picked out some new glasses. Today, they were ready to be picked up. I headed on down to the Bay at City Centre Mall and got them properly fitted and went on my way. I think they look pretty [...]

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Deep Freeze in Edmonton

By Adam Snider | Published: December 12, 2009

Well, my fellow Edmontonians, it looks like we’re in for a cold one. This weekend is set to be one of the coldest in recent memory, with temperatures reportedly hovering close to the -40C mark once you add in the windchill factor. That’s damn cold. What’s a person to do when the weather gets this [...]

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Monopoly for Spies and the Nuclear Option

By Adam Snider | Published: December 1, 2009

Link Round-up: 12/01/2009 I read a lot online. I follow blogs. I follow media websites. People send me cool links by email and/or Twitter. While I don’t always have enough to say to write a full post about each link, I do sometimes like to share the most interesting ones. Here are a few stories [...]

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