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My Village

July 3, 2013 by Kath 9 Comments

There's an old African proverb, popularized in the West by Hillary Clinton: "it takes a village to raise a child." It takes a village to raise a child. It's a beautiful sentiment, really, this idea that community and connectedness is vitally important both to the healthy and happy development of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship, Life, Stress Tagged With: Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary flood, Facebook, family, friends, it takes a village, Southern Alberta flood, support, support networks

What’s your status?

February 14, 2013 by Sonya

Here we are....Valentine's Day. So, what's your status? According to Facebook Relationship Status updates from 2012*, this year is set to be a Blue Valentine's Day with more singles celebrating than couples. In 2012, 40.5% of Facebook users who had a change in their relationship status … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Technology Tagged With: Facebook, relationships, social media, Status, UrbanMoms

Tickle my Facebook Fancy

January 30, 2013 by Kath

I was chatting with a colleague the other afternoon about how our use of Facebook has changed over the years. What with ads and recommended pages and the degradation of even the suggestion of privacy, we just don't share the same kinds of things we felt comfortable sharing on Facebook just a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Humour Tagged With: ecards, Facebook, Facebook meme, George Takei, humour, meme, someecards

Love/Hate

September 26, 2012 by Kath

*SIGH*Now, Facebook, why'd you have to go and do it again?I have put up with all your random changes (heck, I even came to like timeline), and I was forgiving of the way you slowly eroded my privacy in a series of opt-out changes, because I liked -- nay loved -- what you gave me in return. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Technology Tagged With: Facebook, Facebook privacy, Facebook security, online privacy, online privacy concerns, privacy concerns

Media Madness – Literally

July 26, 2012 by Kath

In the aftermath of the recent tragic theatre shooting in Aurora, Colorado, a lot of the social media reaction seemed to centre around the presence of Veronica Moser-Sullivan, aged six, at the midnight screening of the PG-13 rated movie The Dark Knight Rises. The reactions ranged from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: depression, Facebook, iCrazy, internet, Jason Russell, Kony 2012, mental illness, Newsweek, psychosis, Twitter, Web, YouTube

WHY I HATE FACEBOOK – for this week anyway.

July 15, 2012 by ChantelK

Not that long ago I was with a group of women and we were discussing FaceBook and one of them said how she wasn't on it much because she hated reading about everybody's perfect lives. FINALLY!  I wanted to jump up and down because someone finally had the same outlook I did.Don't get me wrong I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, families, social networking

Got A Story To Share?

December 21, 2011 by Tracey

Psst... Yes you. Have you "liked" the Deflate the Elephant on Facebook yet?  Everyone should. But, have you uploaded a picture to the mosaic? Do it, and add a few words about how you can stop someone from drinking and driving - perhaps in the past, or even plans you have this year to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Cocktail, Driving under the influence, Elephant in the room, Facebook, food, health

Social Media, Social Mania

October 17, 2011 by Amanda

Here's my synopsis of today's social media tools:Pinterest: Makes me feel bad about myself. Pretty pictures of things I'll neither have the time nor money to make a reality in my own life. Twitter: Makes me feel bleak about humanity. Can we really forge connections of any depth when they are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Facebook, Pinterest, social media, Twitter

Hoot if You Love Hallowe’en!

October 10, 2011 by Alice

When I was a kid, I looooved Owl Magazine. I had a subscription and waited for it impatiently every month to see what amazing things they'd show me next, to read the new adventures of the Mighty Mites, and to try out new puzzles. I still love it. (My daughter is more in the Chickadee range these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: Facebook, Mastermind Toys, owl, OwlKids

Are We Friends?

September 22, 2011 by Jen

Recently I had lunch with a friend I met on Twitter. And yes, we really are friends. We happen to have met on Twitter but we are now friends in real life. We connected through Twitter, met a few times at events and became friends. It doesn't happen often for me but it does happen.Mostly I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Community, depression, desperation, Facebook, online friendships, Twitter

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