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Music Monday – “If we were vampires and death was a joke/We’d go out on the sidewalk and smoke/And laugh at all the lovers and their plans/I wouldn’t feel the need to hold your hand”

A lot of my music-loving friends had posted something about this song but I’m embarrassed to admit I didn’t even give it a listen because I thought the title was terrible and reminded me of “Twilight” or something. But I finally gave it a chance and boy, was I wrong. Probably one of the most […]

¶ Posted 19 November 2018 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, parents

Old Time Hockey!

One of the best games I’ve seen this year – felt like watching a game in the 80’s *and* the “Cardiac Kid” Calgary Flames once again staged a third period come back to win 4-2 after being down 2-0 for much of the game.

¶ Posted 18 November 2018 § Canada § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Saturday Snap – New Skateboard

¶ Posted 17 November 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Captain Connor Rap

I’m going to tag this as “Music” but that’s probably stretching the definition somewhat. 😉

¶ Posted 16 November 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, music, youtube

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, saskatchewan

Comparing Some Swedish Guy’s 7 Year (7000 Hour) Guitar Progress To My Own 22 (!) Year, Didn’t Count The Hours Guitar Journey

I bought my first guitar after coming back from a University exchange to England in 1995. It cost me $60 and I still have it. It’s an El Degas model which is Spanish for “cheap crap”. 🙂 (Wow, Google tells me these guitars were actually made in Japan and mostly exported to Canada in the […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history, movies

Music Monday – “Get me drinking’ that moonshine/Get me higher than the grocery bill/Take my troubles to the highwall/Throw ’em in the river and get your fill”

I mentioned a couple weeks ago that I was really getting into Tyler Childers – watching videos of him, reading articles about him, dreaming about taking “road” trips to see him, joining Facebook groups about him, playing his songs (badly) on guitar and listening to his music non-stop. At the time, I made a Music Monday […]