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Monthly Archives March 2019

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Installing New Flooring (March 2010)

¶ Posted 21 March 2019 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Five Things You Should Remember To Do During An All-Inclusive Holiday (That Many People Forget)

Reapply SunscreenI’m really bad for putting sunscreen on in the morning then forgetting to put it on again, at least until my skin starts to radiate heat outwards. 🙁 Stay HydratedRelated to that last one, there are a lot of things that can make you feel ill on a tropical holiday. When people get an […]

¶ Posted 20 March 2019 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, holiday, travel

Democratic Presidential Candidate, Andrew Wang, on Universal Basic Income

The guy seems like a longshot but so did Donald Trump four years ago!

¶ Posted 19 March 2019 § Jobs § News § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, philosophy, science, unitedstates

Music Monday – “So needless to say/I’m odds and ends/I’ll be stumbling away/Slowly learning that life is OK/Say after me/It’s no better to be safe than sorry

I don’t normally add a lot of my own thoughts to Music Monday posts but wow, hearing this song that I loved as a kid (yes, the innovative video was a big part of that!) slowed down and done acoustically really makes it heartbreaking and adds a feeling of nostalgia (in multiple ways) that the […]

¶ Posted 18 March 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

MiniPopKids on Friday Night, Cheer Recital on Sunday Afternoon

This girl is destined to be a star! 😉

¶ Posted 17 March 2019 § Family § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, sports

Saturday Snap – A Very Appropriately Named Board Game

The kids are obviously living up to the title of the board game by beating their parents pretty handily in a game of “Beat The Parents” tonight. 🙂

¶ Posted 16 March 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, parents

Friday Fun Link – Watching Something On The Internet That I Loved A Long Time Before The Internet

¶ Posted 15 March 2019 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #5 – Sociability

Okay, let’s resume the series I started before we left for Mexico where I write about some of the major things that have impacted the person I am today. The first four were my parents, my friends, books and travel (I won’t link to them here as I’ll probably do a master list at the […]

¶ Posted 14 March 2019 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, parents, travel

The Homophobic Version of “Laurel” or “Yanny”?

There was lots of controversy on Twitter (but when isn’t there?) a couple days ago when Leafs defenseman, Morgan Rielly, was accused of yelling a homophobic slur on the ice. There were conflicting opinions with some people thinking the on-ice mics caught him yelling “Fucking faggot” (which wouldn’t be the first time this has happened […]

¶ Posted 13 March 2019 § Censorship § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, language

Should I Tip in USD or Local Currency While At An All-Inclusive?

Officially, most all-inclusive resorts have a “no tipping” policy. But the reality is that many workers at all-inclusive resorts toil for relatively low wages and many vacation-goers who spend thousands to go to an all-inclusive, don’t mind giving a bit more on top of that throughout the week in tips for servers, maids and others […]