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Monthly Archives April 2016

Saturday Snap – @saskbookawards Book Arch

Posted 30 April 2016 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prince Died A Week Ago and…

…this is all Sasha’s heard her daddy saying around the house for the past week!

Posted 28 April 2016 § Humour § PopCulture § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Family Hockey Pool Standings

The first round isn’t quite over but following up on my post about my Stanley Cup predictions from yesterday, I thought I’d post a screen grab of our family hockey pool standings. A few thoughts… Teams I “picked” currently hold 4/6 top positions.  (There are a total of ~25-30 teams in the pool picked by various […]

Posted 27 April 2016 § Pace § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °

My Stanley Cup Picks

I usually post this at the start of the playoffs but forgot to do so this year. But I did honestly make these picks before the playoff began – I’ve got a patron who I often chat about hockey with.  He asked who I was picking so this is what I told him… Bold is […]

Posted 26 April 2016 § Canada § List § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I only wanted to see you/Bathing in the purple rain”

I’m still on a big Prince kick after hearing the news of his passing last Thursday. I listened to Prince songs all weekend, played a bunch of his songs (poorly) on guitar, even convinced Shea to watch “Purple Rain” with me last night.  (“Is this movie cheesy or was it just the 80’s?” she asked. […]

Posted 25 April 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Is That A Minecraft Book?

Posted 23 April 2016 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The First Ever Performance of “Purple Rain”

Prince was against his music being available on most streaming services (except artist-friendly Tidal) and even YouTube so it’s hard to find clips to help celebrate the man and his music after his untimely passing yesterday. Still, there are spots where some clips exist online – none more historic than his first-ever live performance of […]

Posted 22 April 2016 § FridayFunLink § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

An Anti-IPad Game For The iPad

I think I know a couple kids who need this! 😉

Posted 20 April 2016 § Pace § Sasha § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

A Few Thoughts On @BernieSanders Use of Technology #feelthebern #primaryday #newyork

So today was a pretty big day in the United States as born and raised Brooklyn boy, Bernie Sanders went up against adopted hometown gal, Hillary Clinton in the New York primary in their ongoing battle to secure the Democratic Party nomination. As someone who’s very interested in the use of digital technology and social media in politics, I […]

Posted 19 April 2016 § Internet § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “The riots started slowly/With the homeless and the lowly/It spread into the heartland/Towns that never got a wristband.”

Paul Simon has a new album coming out and it sounds like it could be a good one… “Wristband” – Paul Simon

Posted 18 April 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: