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Monthly Archives June 2019

Music Monday – “Started from the bottom, now we’re here/Started from the bottom, now my whole team fuckin’ here”

I know this song isn’t technically about the Raptors but since it’s written by their biggest celebrity fan and the lyrics (sorta) fit, I thought I’d post it. “Started From The Bottom” – Drake

Posted 10 June 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

  Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]

Posted 09 June 2019 § Canada § News § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Community Presentation

A few months ago, one of the regulars at my branch asked me to speak to a retirees’ group she belongs to about the library and all it has to offer. Here’s a shot from after I finished speaking…

Posted 08 June 2019 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Infographic of Time Travel in Avengers: Endgame [Spoilers]

This is helpful if you found the back and forth in Endgame confusing.

Posted 07 June 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell Aunt Sandi! (May 2008)

For the past few weeks, we’ve had another good visit with my Aunt Sandi who comes out from BC every spring to spend time with us. Here’s a shot from one of her first visits the year Pace turned one…

Posted 06 June 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

I’ve got a mini-Beatles/music theme going on the past couple days (so much so that when I looked at my post about the Mi’kmaq version of “Blackbird” yesterday, I thought it *was* my Music Monday post and I’d somehow missed posting on Tuesday!) Anyhow, to keep the theme going, here’s a YouTube video about one […]

Posted 05 June 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!  

Posted 04 June 2019 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “And your hollows on like a frozen freight train/You know that I help you if I can/But I’m just a raindrop in a river/Just a little itty-bitty grain of sand”

“Wait So Long” – Trampled By Turtles

Posted 03 June 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Free Walk-In Counselling from @fam_service Being Offered @officialRPL Regent Place Branch, Mondays from 12-4pm, Starting Monday June 3 #yqr

This amazing program has been running at Regina Public Library’s Central and Albert branches for awhile but is now being expanded to the Regent Place branch where I work.  The branch is at 331 Albert St (in the Market Mall that also has Pizza Pizza and Quiznos.) The program offers: * Drop-in counselling on a […]

Posted 02 June 2019 § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – The Best Part of Camping Without Daddy?

Shea and Sasha went out to our seasonal site this weekend while I stayed in the city to work and Pace stuck around to play video games visit his Aunt Sandi who is visiting from Kelowna. Shea sent me this picture and said Sasha told her it was the best camping ever because “daddy isn’t […]

Posted 01 June 2019 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,