The Cottage story … a work in progress. The family cottage on beautiful Lake of the Woods was the brain child of my dad.

Latin (tem-pu̇s-ˈfü-git): Time Flies
Just a fun loving guy who’s interested in technology, passionate about family, and a follower of Christ. The blog started a long time ago when we were family camping and I had an experience with one of my sons that made me realize how fast time is going by, hence the title, Tempus Fugit. I Read More ...
Hey! Welcome to the bigDadoo website. You’ve landed here for some mysterious reason only know to you but, thanks for dropping by. Most likely, perhaps, you were looking for my original blog? Well, you are there. If you were looking for my Journey blog, well that’s over here. If you are interested in some of Read More ...
In addition to this blog I have a presence on several other online services for some of my various interests. Photography. The bulk of my online photography is over on Flickr. For the family, there are a couple of special albums that are dedicated to the grandkids. Parker Easton Dane Clark Other album collections are Read More ...
Oklo completes advanced fuel recycling demo Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) successfully completed the first end-to-end demonstration of the key stages of its advanced fuel recycling process, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory. Supported by an award from ARPA-E and the Department of Energy, this milestone marks a significant step forward in Oklo’s efforts Read More …
During my work life I flew to Toronto from Winnipeg quite a few times. The flight path in both directions flies right over Lake of the Woods. In fact it flies directly over our cottage on Heenan Point and this is the point where they reduce air speed and begin the decent into Winnipeg. I’ve Read More …
And they want to elect this guy!
The first time for me that the Social Media and Canada’s “disagreement” has been in my face. Just one of the impacts of Bill C-18, or the Online News Act This is especially interesting as The Walrus is a Canadian news outlet! Why You Might Stop Seeing Canadian News in Your Feeds Another interesting fact Read More …
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Cling to God’s Promises What do you think about? The thoughts you fill your mind with are crucial because what you cling to influences your worldview. If you choose to dwell on God’s promises, you start to recognize God’s blessings during uncertain times. Trusting that God will redeem your present pain equips you to walk Read More …
Delight that it’s finally completed! So, back in June of 2022 I was at the dentist complaining about some pain in one of my molars. This molar had a root canal and crown done a while back and I didn’t think anything else could go wrong with that tooth but, apparently I was wrong! The Read More …
What is your mission? So, somebody started “bloganuary” a series of prompts to encourage blogging and here is the first one I’ve seen. A simple question “What is your mission?” Do I have a mission, should I have one? What would it be? It’s a pretty big and open question for sure. Perhaps right now Read More …
A reminder from today’s devotions. ”I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.“ Psalms 121:1-2 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/psa.121.1-2.NIV My Mom