A great list from Buzzfeed summarizing some of many Canada’s successes – in competition and beyond – at the Winter Olympics.
Wired magazine asks if what we’re seeing in Sochi is a manifestation of some of the tropes of current dystopian literature like “Hunger Games”, the “Divergent” trilogy, etc. – a gleaming, authoritarian rule masquerading as a utopia but with a barely hidden sub-class, propaganda, televised spectacle, corruption, rigged competitions, doublespeak, etc. It’s an interesting idea […]
Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show where they performed to a record-setting audience of 70 million people. Here’s a clip from one of their performances that night… “I Want To Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles
Saskatchewan’s Mark McMorris brought home Canada’s first Olympic medal, a bronze in the slope style competition. This is pretty amazing considering he broke a rib only a couple weeks ago at the Winter X Games (not to mention that he’s a kid from the flat Canadian prairie of course!) 😉 McMorris grew up in Regina. The closest […]
Pace’s outfit for “Olympic Day” at school on Friday…
Today saw the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lots has been made about Russia’s anti-gay laws and the statement by the mayor of Sochi that their community of 400,000 people has no gay people which have drawn protests from everyone from the Head of the UN to Google to the Canadian […]
Just looked back through my previous posts on February 6 of 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. I may have mentioned it in passing in one of those entries or done something on a different nearby date. But apparently I’ve never once written about the fact that February 6 is Shea’s and my […]
All this week, David Letterman, whose show is taped in the Ed Sullivan Theatre, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles arriving in America with his band playing Beatles music for guest entrances and while going to commercial. On top of that, each night’s musical guest is performing a tribute song as well. The […]
More and more companies, whether they actually buy Super Bowl ad time or not, are releasing their ads early, starting social media campaigns or otherwise trying related techniques to get as much attention as possible for their product. One of the best viral videos that wasn’t actually a Super Bowl ad came from Newcastle Brown […]
After a blowout Super Bowl with what some are calling one of the best half-time shows of all-time, what other clip could I post but Bruno Mars… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c57ZKYoOyUw “Locked Out of Heaven” – Bruno Mars Here are a few other random thoughts about the Super Bowl… – if it hadn’t been for the Saskatchewan connection, […]
