ourrug [r-rug] aka Russell Smith

Athabasca University: Canada’s Leader in Online & Distance Education

I have been thinking about trading up my 2 yr Honors Diploma i earned from Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning in ’03 for a Bachelor of Commerce Undergraduate Degree (BComm) from Athabasca University (AU) and i can say now that i have taken the first step in the process; i have officially registered in the program. After inquiring “how long it takes to for admissions to make their decision” i received “you will automatically be enrolled in the BComm program. You may go ahead and start taking courses “. On that note i believe i can safely say that i am indeed admitted into AU’s BComm program and a University student!! Wow, that feels great!

I feel if i want to further my Web Analytics career i will need to compete on this level. While browsing recent job descriptions i have noticed that having some sort of a BA/BS/BComm or equivalent degree is a common requirement whereas none that i read mention a College diploma and if they did i imagine they’d just couple it together with the hands-on/on-the-job experience bit.

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NAME: Stella Ma Smith
GENDER: Female
DATE OF BIRTH: August 16, 2009 at 00:41 hrs
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 57 cm, 10 lbs 5 oz
EYE COLOR:  (the most amazing) Gray-blue

Well that was something else:  after 13 hrs in labor my wife Leslie gave birth to a beautiful little girl, Stella Ma Smith!! We can’t get enough of her. Check out pics from “the first days” and see for yourself.

Little Stella literally just born laying on the heated change-table

Stella and mum sleeping shortly after delivery

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What?! Micah who? These:

I don’t get it?

Let me explain…

Each year on November 18 to 21 The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) holds its signature fundraising event the Whodunit? Mystery Art Sale – an exhibition and sale of hundreds of pieces of original art donated by artists who are famous and not-yet-famous, including well-known and celebrity artists, OCAD faculty, alumni and students.

So, at Whodunit? ’07 i came across these two pieces (each 5×7) i thought were pretty cool and decided to buy them and to my surprise, wait for it… were created by contempory  Canadian artist and curator Micah Lexier! Both handwritten in pencil the top says “Mitch Robertson made this.” and the bottom “Kelly Mark made this.” who btw are also established artists in their own right! Genius!!