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    Bailing Bucket is the creative blog of Rhett Soveran.

    Rhett lives in Calgary, AB, works as the Web Editor of WestJet's up! magazine and is married to Leah... More about Rhett Soveran.

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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Surviving a Lay Off

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 19, 2008
On Tuesday, I was laid off from my job, so I am in the process of looking for a new job, doing a few freelance jobs and potentially temping. You can read about it on soveran.ca.
Posted in Asides | 4 Comments

Potentially the Greatest Cat of All Time

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 15, 2008
So, we had the housewarming party and it was a great time. The house finally feels like a home. Everything that needed to be done is done and now Leah and I can relax. I also have a video in the works, but Windows Movie Maker kept crashing so I think I [...]
Posted in Audio & Video | 3 Comments

Unfounded Accusations

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 11, 2008
Recently, Curtis accused me of Green Washing. Well, I didn’t want you to think that I didn’t notice this baseless accusation. In fact, I mean to disprove it! I am now a composter. Earth Machine Go! The great thing about the Earth Machine composter is that the City of Calgary pays the majority of [...]
Posted in Photo | 3 Comments

The Zoo Knows Everything

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 10, 2008
I don’t know how, but somehow, the Zoo knew that it was Leah’s 50th birthday* last week and they put flamingos out for her. How nice. *Leah’s birthday may or may not be until October where she may or may not be turning 50. Oh and here’s the video from the Zoo. As [...]
Posted in Featured | 3 Comments

Lions and Tigers and Sloth Bears, oh my!

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 9, 2008
In case you didn’t notice, I have uploaded a set of pictures from our latest trip to the Calgary Zoo. I also took a lot of video from that trip, but I want to edit that together into one video. So you can look forward to that. P.S. – I don’t think I actually [...]
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First Blue Jay

By Rhett Soveran | Published: September 8, 2008
I don’t know if my back yard is sort of like my Field of Dreams, but I put out bird seed and the birds are beginning to come. Other than the lousy squirrels who are making a mess and shelling all the sunflowers, this is the first bird I have seen eat from the [...]
Posted in Photo | 4 Comments