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Monthly Archives May 2016

Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay Full Match

This match from New Japan Pro Wrestling is getting a lot of attention, positive and negative. Some are saying the match’s focus on the gymnastics and “flippy shit” takes away from the suspension of disbelief at the heart of all pro wrestling matches. Others (including one of the match participants) are defending it as one […]

¶ Posted 31 May 2016 § Meme § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, wrestling

Music Monday – “Balloons all filled with rain/As children’s eyes turn sleepy mean/And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain/For a boy in Fiddler’s Green”

Following up on yesterday’s post about death and dying in Tragically Hip songs, here is perhaps the saddest song in the Tragically Hip’s catalogue… “Fiddler’s Green” – The Tragically Hip

¶ Posted 30 May 2016 § Canada § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Saturday Snap – Birds of a Feather…

Shea took a great photo at the lake today…

¶ Posted 28 May 2016 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: science

What day is it? Who am I? When did you say?

I just realised that my last two posts – a Throwback Thursday one and a Friday Fun Link – were both posted one day early. I’m going to blame the long weekend plus the fact that this is the weird week in my four-week rotation at work when I get Sunday and Friday off then […]

¶ Posted 27 May 2016 § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The 100 Jokes That Defined Modern Comedy

This is an amazing list covering all the jokes/skits/moments that have helped define our modern understanding of (and sometimes approach to) comedy.

¶ Posted 26 May 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, history, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Shea and Her Grandma (Early 1980’s)

There needs to be a new word for when you take a digital photo of an old print photo. Anyhow, Shea recently took a snap of this picture to mark the 15 year anniversary of her Grandma’s passing. Most people say that Sasha looks like me but she’s definitely got a lot of her mom in […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) °

Gord Downie Taught Me To Dance: Memories of A Band That Defined Me and My Country

So I woke up today to the very sad news that Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, has terminal brain cancer. Obviously, as you age, it’s natural that your own heroes and icons will age ahead of you. But 2016 has been a rough year where we lost some top-shelf music icons – […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2016 § Canada § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: hockey, language, music, saskatchewan, travel

Music Monday – “We’ve got real def rhythms and fresh new jams/And ya think we got egos but we’re just hams/Scott plays stickball and likes to skate/Frank is never on time he’s always…Sleeping! ‘Late!'”

I loved this song when I was in college… “I’m The Man” – Anthrax

¶ Posted 23 May 2016 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, music

Happy 9th Birthday Pace!

Pace had his (real) birthday last Thursday on May 19 and it’s been a crazy, fun-filled weekend since then. (Speaking of “crazy, fun-filled weekends”, Shea and I live in dread of having a kid who has his birthday on May long weekend when he gets older!) 😉 On his actual birthday, we had a nice […]