24 Hours of PASS
I signed up for numerous sessions of 24 Hours of PASS not long after receiving notification of the event. It seemed like an ideal opportunity to preview some of the excellent speakers I was hoping …
Disappointment but hope
A few months ago I was thrilled to get approval from my boss to attend SQL PASS Summit in Seattle in November. It would have been my first opportunity to attend such a large and …
So how are we related, anyways?
Curious as to how we might be related to Jacques Vésina? From the descendant tree on the right, you can see that we are related through Emilda Nault. So, Jacques, Marie and family have arrived in …
Software upgrade
I seem to have survived my first manual upgrade of WordPress. Not overly difficult, if you discount the problems with uploading via ftp. Hopefully no problems as a result! This version is supposed to have …
2008 Reunion debrief
The merry family reunion is over and done with for another three years. I think a fun time was had by all! Stuart B and I were fortunate enough to arrive after Friday night’s rain …
Tri-annual family reunion
This weekend is the family reunion! Yep, and I’m still sitting at home. But I’ll be driving out tomorrow and spending the night. I hear there is going to be a prepared meal tomorrow night, …
Jacques Vésina, the early years
(The following details of Jacques Vésinat’s life are from the biographical essay written by Gérard Vézina, and I’m immensely grateful to GHS for spending a weekend reading and translating from the original French.) According to …
A famous hockey player in our family tree?
Well, only very distantly. My mom and I were recently in Québec City on vacation along with Marie and Derwyn Wilson. While visiting Montmorency Falls just outside the city, Marie wanted to stop at ‘Maison …