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Monthly Archives November 2017

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Laughing in the Grass (July 2010)

¶ Posted 09 November 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

One Year Ago Today, Donald Trump Was Elected (And The World Was Never The Same)

MetaFilter’s Election Night Thread (uhm, trigger warning?) and a Second Thread That Opened After The First One Became Too Unwieldy As The Reality of What Was Happening Started To Hit People A Year Later, We’re Still Trying To Figure Out How Trump Won (Biggest Mistake Was Thinking He Couldn’t) What It’s Like To Watch The […]

¶ Posted 08 November 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, unitedstates

Julie Payette Reminds Us We Live In A Universe Based On Fact, Not Opinion

Canada’s new Governor-General (and former astronaut) Julie Payette, created some controversy after her recent remarks at a science conference where she pointed out the absurdity of politicians still using their personal opinions to debate indisputable scientific facts such as the reality of climate change and the lack of similar evidence for beliefs such as astrology. […]

¶ Posted 07 November 2017 § Canada § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, language, philosophy

Music Monday – “Karma police/I’ve given all I can/It’s not enough/I’ve given all I can/But we’re still on the payroll”

“Karma Police” – Radiohead

¶ Posted 06 November 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

UFC 217 Might Be Best MMA PPV of All-Time?

I don’t pay a lot of attention to UFC for the most part unless it’s a big name or a big fight or when my love of pro wrestling intersects with the world of “real” fighting via someone like Brock Lesnar or CM Punk participating. And I rarely to never watch the live PPVs, usually […]

¶ Posted 05 November 2017 § Jobs § PopCulture § Shea § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, sports

Saturday Snap – Siblings

¶ Posted 04 November 2017 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Hot Ones “Hot Sauce Challenge”

I stumbled across this YouTube series and am completely hooked. The conceit is that a hot sauce company challenges various “B” level celebrities to eat wings with a variety of ever-increasing hot sauces on them while also conducting an interview. I haven’t watched them all but here are some of my favourite interviews so far…

¶ Posted 03 November 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Randomness § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, science, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – At Least They Didn’t Lose Their House In Transit (Fall 2005)

I was looking through Facebook earlier this week when I saw a story that was almost sounded like the ultimate Halloween prank – a guy came home to his farm just outside Regina to find an abandoned ready-to-move house, still on a trailer but with no semi, no drivers and no note! He posted some […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2017 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan

First Snow of the Year – Hawksley Workman

Every year when I mark this tragic milestone, I always try to remember – do I post this during the first snow of the year that stays or do I post it the first time we have snow, even if it warms up again and all the snow melts? But this year, we’re looking at […]