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Monthly Archives July 2013

The Stages of My Life

Like the Beatles ushering in the “Swinging 60’s” in 1964, it won’t line-up perfectly.  But you can still chart my life in terms of broad decade-long “eras” fairly easily… ~0-10 years – Figuring out the basics, attending elementary school ~11-20 years – High school ~20-30 years – English degree transitions into a nearly decade long stint […]

Posted 17 July 2013 § MemoryLane § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Headtale Blog Birthday Review

Continuing my birthday week festivities, thought it might be nice to review my posts on July 18 since this blog started… 2012 – Average Canadian Male Life Expectancy = 78 (Happy 39th Birthday To Me!) 2011 – A  Montage Video of Various “Paranoid Android” Covers on YouTube – obviously my birthday wasn’t front and centre that […]

Posted 16 July 2013 § Blog § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “They say life begins at 40/Age is just a state of mind/If all that’s true/You know that I’ve been dead for 39”

Probably no better song to post this week with three days left in my 30’s, written by the best songwriter of my lifetime! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJoWS4ig9Jg “Life Begins at 40” – John Lennon

Posted 15 July 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“A Mother’s Prayer” – by Tina Fey

And a father’s prayer too (especially that part about not lying with drummers)… 😉

Posted 14 July 2013 § Baby § Humour § Meme § Sad § Sasha § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Nickle Lake Hail Storm

Spent the weekend at Shea’s parents’ seasonal camp site at Nickle Lake.  Had a bit of an adventure as there were tornado warnings on Saturday afternoon. (When Pace was a baby and we found ourselves in similar circumstances, we headed for town.  I often joke about “Second Baby Syndrome” and Sasha suffered it here as […]

Posted 13 July 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – 25 Signs You’re Addicted To Books

This one made the rounds on social media awhile back but I’m posting it here for truth – I agree with pretty much everything on this list!

Posted 12 July 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Fun and/or Memorable and/or Unique Things To Do With Your New Baby

Take a photo of your new baby every day after they’re born Or you can take a photo of the baby every few months with a favourite doll Write a book for your new baby Write them a song (I won’t put audio of this one but the song I’ve sung to both Pace and […]

Posted 11 July 2013 § Baby § Family § Humour § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Because Imagination Has An Unlimited Budget For Special Effects

GRRM, a producer on the “Game of Thrones” TV show provides a great visual example of why books are almost always so much better than TV/movies. This is a comparison of the artist’s rendering of his vision of The Iron Throne and what they eventually got… [Edit: I’m an idiot – GRRM is an acronym […]

Posted 10 July 2013 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Why Is the UK Losing Its Religion?

“Because they’ve thought about it.” But the times they are a-changing, and if the world wars of the 20th century began to erode religious faith in the west, then the proliferation of the world wide web has only exacerbated that process. “Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever, and this […]

Posted 09 July 2013 § Internet § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “You got the Mormons and the drinkers and the Mormons who drink/Well pay attention ‘cause it ain’t as simple as you think”

I posted this song when I attended a Hammond family reunion a few years back so it’s only fair to post it again (live version this time) as a very enjoyable Peet family reunion comes to a close… “Family Reunion” – Corb Lund

Posted 08 July 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: