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RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, music

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

¶ Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, twitter

Music Monday – “And she told me that she loved me/And I grinned and grabbed her hand and said, “I know”/Let’s get from here/Now darling if we’re going/Let’s go on and go.”

“Good Lord, Lorrie” – Turnpike Troubadours

¶ Posted 18 November 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – I’d Prefer A Sprinkle of Success in the Red Zone

As an atheist, I always chuckle at athletes who inject their religion into the game or somehow seem to believe that god is helping them win or have success or whatever. I have no idea how much the Riders’ new quarterback, Cody Fajardo, thinks god’s helping him have success but given his “sprinkle of Jesus” […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2019 § News § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Is Edo My Favourite Food Court Choice?

Probably. This seriously doesn’t even look like fast food as far as I’m concerned:

¶ Posted 16 November 2019 § Photo § Randomness § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, health

Friday Fun Link – ASMR: The Biggest YouTube Trend You’ve Never Heard Of

I hadn’t heard of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) until seeing it referred to on Twitter earlier this week in a joke about how addictive it is. Turns out ASMR is huge!

¶ Posted 15 November 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, twitter, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Couches (March 2010)

Shea and I still have the cheap couches we bought at The Brick nearly a decade ago. They’re now ripped, stained and worn so we decided to take advantage of the Retirement Sale at local furniture institution, Alford’s, to buy some new furniture. It won’t arrive until early December and we’re excited to (finally) get […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways…

¶ Posted 13 November 2019 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]