Happy Carl Sagan Day
It’s his birthday. In lieu of a celebration, here’s the intro to Sagan’s Cosmos…
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | November 9, 2011 | Science, Uncategorized
It’s his birthday. In lieu of a celebration, here’s the intro to Sagan’s Cosmos…
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | November 9, 2011 | City Hall, Uncategorized
Pedestrians rejoice. You got your plaza. Happy? As requested by many, council voted to keep the City Square Plaza closed to car traffic while staff conduct a traffic review of 11th and 12th avenues. But oh, it was a nail biter...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | November 7, 2011 | City Hall, Science, Ultrasonic Alarm Call, Uncategorized
On this episode, we look at things that are taking on water and going under like the Titanic. In fact, we start with a discussion of that fabled ocean liner as Collette Parks of the Saskatchewan Science Centre visited our...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | November 7, 2011 | City Hall, Uncategorized
Couple things leapt out at me this week. First off, if you’re planning to vote today for the Sask Party because of their [sarcasm alert] decisive action on the housing crisis — specifically their “Housing...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | November 3, 2011 | Ultrasonic Alarm Call, Uncategorized
We ended off the latest episode of the Ultrasonic Alarm Call, Terror For Blood Town, with a montage of interviews recorded at the city’s Ideas Fair on October 25. Well, here’s one I didn’t include. It’s...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 31, 2011 | Life, Shameless Self-Promotion
I talked about this in the podcast I posted earlier today (Episode 13, Terror For Blood Town), but here’s a photo. That’s it. A bandaged, bloody hand. I’ve used this at two Halloween parties so far and I...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 31, 2011 | City Hall, Film, Ultrasonic Alarm Call, Uncategorized
Be afraid! Because this is a Very Special Halloween episode of Ultrasonic Alarm Call, prairie dog’s most sanity shattering podcast. We begin our chilling audio adventure with an examination of the recently exhumed and...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 26, 2011 | City Hall, Uncategorized
I just came back from the Ideas Fair the city put on at Conexus Arts Centre. It was the big public consultation night where all the Citizen Circles who are participating in the Official Community Plan renewal process showed off...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 24, 2011 | City Hall, Media, Uncategorized
I cracked the Leader Post this morning to read the Monday morning city hall column and found that it was just a list of issues that are facing the city in the near future — from infrastructure to the stadium — with...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 21, 2011 | Politics, Uncategorized
As promised in our Occupy Wall Street/Regina coverage, here’s my complete interview with Adbusters senior editor, Micah White. prairie dog: I hear you’re to blame for all this Occupy stuff. Micah White: We catalyzed...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 21, 2011 | Comics, Uncategorized
On the podcast, we’ve talked about the whole DC Comics messing around with all their comics and characters and starting everything back at issue one, and I have to say I’m more than a little skeptical about the whole...
Read MorePosted by Paul Dechene | October 20, 2011 | Comedy, Comics, Politics, Uncategorized
Comics Alliance’s Chris Sims and Matt Wilson check in with some of comicdom’s wealthiest superhumans to get their take on Occupy Wall Street. But if you’re looking for lighter comicy fare, then check out...
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