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(Belated) Friday Fun Link – The Winning Trick at the 2018 World Magic Championships

(via Gizmodo)

¶ Posted 12 July 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

(Belated) Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That’s A Switch! (April 2008)

Pace used his saved up birthday/Christmas/babysitting money to buy himself a $500 Nintendo Switch the other day – a long ways from when he was a year old and having fun on the $50 desktop computer I bought from Southeast Regional Library after they decommissioned it.

¶ Posted 11 July 2019 § Baby § Family § Humour § Library § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, education

46 Movies That Are So Clever, They’ll Have You Thinking For Days

I’ve probably only seen about half of the movies on this list but still think this is film at its best.

¶ Posted 10 July 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, movies

An Early Contender For My Favourite Book of the Year? @thejagmeetsingh #canpoli #cndpoli

I read Jagmeet Singh’s autobiography in pretty much a single sitting at our campsite this weekend and really enjoyed it. Obviously I’m a fan of Singh but I think this book would be one that anyone who enjoys memoirs would enjoy and learn from, whether they liked the NDP or not. * before it was […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2019 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

(Belated) Music Monday – “He’s acting tough and taking names/And shuttin’ us down/But at least we got something to talk about/When Monday rolls around”

Or if you prefer a version without drunk riggers singing along… “Oil Patch Town” – Chris Knight

¶ Posted 08 July 2019 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

(Belated) Secular Sunday – America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches

America has an epidemic of abandoned churches but they could always look to convert them into libraries!

¶ Posted 07 July 2019 § Library § MemoryLane § United States § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, history

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Giant Checkers

Having a fun day at Nickle Lake’s activity shack (which, almost unbelievably, they chose to call “The Beaver Shack” during a contest last summer!) However, it shall always be “Nickle Make” to me after the name I submitted! 😉

¶ Posted 06 July 2019 § Family § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, education

(Belated) Friday Fun Link – Game of Thrones Characters Reimagined as Disney Characters

Fun stuff.

¶ Posted 05 July 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Miss America (March 2009)

Happy (?) Fourth of July. I think I’ve mentioned that Shea’s and my “mini protest’ after Trump was elected was deciding not to go to the USA – mostly because of him but also because I just found the USA to be increasingly at odds with my personal values in general – from the gun […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, unitedstates

Ten Things I’m Thinking About Lately

Hand dryers and noise pollution (especially in libraries) How we’re always saying goodbye to people we love without realising it. (h/t to JB on FB) How come Photos on my Macbook stopped showing recently uploaded photos a month ago even though I can see all my latest photos when I log in to Photos through […]