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Monthly Archives May 2020

Music Monday – “The joint is really jumpin’, the cats are going wild/The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,”

One of the greatest, most influential rock stars of all-time… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfyPVwE68Y “Ready Teddy” – Little Richard

Posted 11 May 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to the best wife I’ve ever had… I don’t know how you put up with me (er, yes I do!)

Posted 10 May 2020 § Family § Humour § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Day One in Quarantine vs. Day Fifty

I’m at 54 days in quarantine as of today but close enough…

Posted 10 May 2020 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Covid Helping Us To Connect With Long Lost Friends

Shea and I have tried to do regular video chats with various friends and family throughout this pandemic but last night, we decided to do something a bit different – instead of a sustained conversation with one person or group, we decided to try “chat roulette” where we’d message random people on our Facebook friend […]

Posted 09 May 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Prime Minister Are You?

A fun little quiz where you answer a few questions and it’ll tell you which Canadian Prime Minister’s personality you align with the most. I’m apparently Wilfred Laurier…  

Posted 08 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Reader Pride” Wrap-Up (June 2008)

This was the wrap-up for a major region-wide literacy program called “Time To Read” (with a slogan “Reader Pride”, a pun on Saskatchewan’s well-known “Rider Pride”) that I was involved with in my first job after I graduated from library school. It’s crazy to think how much in this photo is now being impacted by […]

Posted 07 May 2020 § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Sports § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

When Can Canadian Public Libraries Reopen? @librarianshipCA

I’ll likely do a longer post with some thoughts on how libraries across North America have reacted to the COVID crisis at some point and also some personal thoughts on how/when they should reopen. But now that a few provinces have begun to include public libraries in their reopening plans (I’m looking at you, Saskatchewan!), […]

Posted 06 May 2020 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Guitar Teacher Reacts To…

Stumbled on this YouTube series where a guitar teacher listens to a recommended song by his fans and then provides commentary.  He’s often never heard the song before but provides a lot of great insight, even on a first reading (er, hearing)… Sometimes the power of music is in the lyrics and delivery… Metalhead turned […]

Posted 05 May 2020 § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Star Wars/If they should bar wars/Please let these Star Wars/Stay”

Happy May the Fourth to you! “Star Wars Theme” – Bill Murray

Posted 04 May 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Man Living Off-Grid In A Tent On An Island

If this whole COVID-thing gets *really* shitty, I can at least dream that this was an option for me as the marauding hordes stab me to death for my last sheet of toilet paper. 🙁

Posted 03 May 2020 § Humour § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,