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“100 Weirdest Animals on Earth” Video Becomes a Fun Game With Pace

Pace likes to watch non-stop YouTube clips about video games – Minecraft, Halo, etc. etc. and it’s not really my thing. So the other night, looking for some common ground when we decided to watch some YouTube together, he suggested “Science Videos” (cool that he thinks of that as a place where we connect!) Anyhow, […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Saturday Snap – Pace Thinks I’m Number One

Unfortunately…

¶ Posted 17 January 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Grand Palladium Palace, Punta Cana

One month…

¶ Posted 16 January 2015 § Family § FridayFunLink § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sometimes We Think Toddler Sasha Is A Handful Compared To Her Brother…

Isn’t it funny how memory works?

¶ Posted 15 January 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Powerful Reddit Thread Reveals How Poor Get By In America

The Washington Post picked up a recent Reddit thread which asked what do insanely poor people buy that ordinary people know nothing about? Absolutely heartbreaking stories.

¶ Posted 14 January 2015 § Internet § Jobs § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Da roof/Da roof/Da roof is on fire”

When Shea and I went on our first all-inclusive vacation to Mazatlan in February 2000, this was one of the songs we heard blaring from the poolside speakers constantly and which will forever be associated with hot holidays in my mind for that reason… “Follow The Leader” – Soca Boys

¶ Posted 12 January 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, music, travel

Some Resonant, Relevant Quotes on Free Speech and the Charlie Hebdo Massacre From The #MetaFilter Thread #jesuischarlie

So I wrote about the Charlie Hebdo massacre in a rather rambling manner the other day. I’m still thinking about what happened a lot – the conflict between unrestrained freedom of speech defenders (here!) and a sort of “Can’t we all get along/be kind and non-offensive to everyone” reaction which I have some sympathy to but […]

¶ Posted 11 January 2015 § Censorship § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, language

Saturday Snap – Good Hygiene Is Important

¶ Posted 10 January 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Explain The Events of Star Wars IV-VI Like You Are A Heavily-Biased Imperial History Textbook

This is pretty funny stuff… The Emperor’s most trusted lieutenant and advisor, Darth Vader, was seen as an imposing and frightening figure to those who did not know him. This was because Vader, a veteran of the Clone Wars, had been injured in battle, and required a full-body suit to sustain him. The suit was […]