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Monthly Archives March 2014

Friday Fun Link – Interviewly Reformats Reddit AMAs for Readability

Interviewly is a new web site that re-purposes the many Reddit Ask Me Anything chat sessions into a more readable format that mimics a traditional magazine interview layout.  No Ryan Meili AMA in the Politics section…yet. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 21 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The History of the English Language in 10 Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rexKqvgPVuA

Posted 20 March 2014 § Humour § Library § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Edward Snowden’s Surprise TED Talk

Hero.

Posted 19 March 2014 § Censorship § Internet § Politics § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

28 Books You Should Read (If You Want To)

I’m probably one of the worst people for loving all of those “50 Books To Read Before You Die”, “10 Books Every Child Should Read”, “17 Books for a Summer Holiday” lists. I mean, they *do* comprise two of my most favouritist things in the world – books and lists. However, I think this list […]

Posted 18 March 2014 § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Begosh and begorra/Ev’ry Irish son and daughter/Ev’ry good old Irish name and his relation”

Thanks to community radio for bringing this song to my awareness a couple days ago. Useless trivia: the song doesn’t mention “Murphy” in the long list of Irish names it features even though “Murphy” is the most common surname in Ireland. Happy St. Paddy’s everyone! “It’s A Great Day For The Irish” – Judy Garland

Posted 17 March 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy 11 Month Birthday Sasha!

Here’s a picture of you having an upside down Chicken Fight with your grandpa, dad and brother, risking that you might not make it to your first birthday if we move wrong! 😉

Posted 16 March 2014 § Baby § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Smile Pretty!

I haven’t managed to get a good, straight-on photo of it yet but here’s a blurry, half side-view of Sasha’s new smiley face which is this weird scrunchy, open-mouthed, toothy thing that’s a mixture of cute, ugly (in the nicest way!) and scary all at once! 😉

Posted 15 March 2014 § Baby § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “Linda! Linda! You’re Not Listening to Me!”

God, I find this funny… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP8RB7UZHKI

Posted 14 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Suggested Reading Times on Books – Yay or Nay?

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, did something fairly unique with his first book, “Without Their Permission” by including a “suggesting reading time” logo on the back cover.  This logo estimates the book would take about five hours to read and that this is the equivalent of a cross-country flight from New York to San Francisco. […]

Posted 13 March 2014 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How Pro Wrestling Prepared Me For The 21st Century

As I may have mentioned on this blog before, I grew up watching professional wrestling. When I was around 7 or 8 years old, it was pretty amazing to see heavily-muscled, fantastically-named guys like the super-heroes I read about in comic books – whether good guys (The Dynamite Kid) or bad (The Mongolian Stomper, The […]

Posted 12 March 2014 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,