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Music Monday – “All the flowers that you planted mama/In the back yard/All died when you went away”

This song has always been incredibly powerful from when it became a worldwide smash in 1990 but it might even be more powerful to hear it now, nearly thirty years later, after Sinead O’Connor has led a life full of controversy and pain. “Nothing Compares 2 U” – Sinead O’Connor

¶ Posted 30 September 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

12 Most Offensive South Park Episodes

Shea and I went to see “Book of Mormon” today, one of the most successful, long-running Broadway shows of all-time, written and produced by the same guys who made South Park. I’ve been a fan of South Park since someone told me about “Rainbows? I hate rainbows!” but I don’t watch it as religiously (pun […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2019 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, music, television

Saturday Snap – Siblings

Walking to school…

¶ Posted 28 September 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – His Love of Parkour Started Early! (March 2012)

(This is also the cleanest his room has been in seven years as well since we’d cleared it out while preparing to paint it.)

¶ Posted 26 September 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Trailer

Shea and I are binging “Handmaid’s Tale” right now and both loving it (while also regularly cringing!) but if pressed, I’d still say “Breaking Bad” is my favourite TV show of all-time. (It’s up there for Shea too but I think she picks “The Wire” as her all-time favourite.) Anyhow, can’t wait for this…

¶ Posted 25 September 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television

Some Thoughts on Thomas Cook’s Collapse and the Possible Impacts on Worldwide Tourism

As someone who loves visiting all-inclusive resorts (and frequently meets overseas guests while there including many who probably traveled with Thomas Cook), I’ve been watching the collapse of the 178 year old travel agency with with great interest. Some thoughts: * Some are calling this the first “Brexit Bankruptcy“, a result of uncertainty caused by […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2019 § Jobs § News § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “I guess it could be worse, it ain’t that bad/At least I ain’t sittin’ in old Baghdad/In the middle of the hot damn desert sittin’ in a tank”

“You Can Have The Crown” – Sturgill Simpson

¶ Posted 23 September 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

My Daughter Could Teach The Prime Minister A Thing Or Two About Acceptable Facial Makeup!

¶ Posted 22 September 2019 § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, history

Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43

It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]