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The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpQYsk-8dWg It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

RIP Craig Smith (1972-2022)

I heard some shocking news from my parents a couple weeks ago and saw confirmation from his sister on Facebook a few days ago. Craig and I were only a couple grades apart but, in a small town, two years could feel more like twenty. So we weren’t particularly close in school but our parents […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2022 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, parents, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

¶ Posted 09 May 2022 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, music, science, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Are Humans Hardwired To Believe in Religions?

A response to a question about “Will Religion Ever Disappear?” in an atheist sub on Reddit explains why humans are hardwired to believe in religion in the first place.

¶ Posted 08 May 2022 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history

Saturday Snap – First Day At The Campground This Year!

Went out to clean up our seasonal campsite and do some work to get it ready before we move in our camper next week. There were forecasts for rain and even thunder showers so we had debated whether to even go or not. But other than a couple sprinkles, no rain all day – just […]

¶ Posted 07 May 2022 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, health, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – 1980s WWE Interview Outtakes

Some inappropriate jokes and banter here but still interesting to see wrestlers dropping their characters and joking around…

¶ Posted 06 May 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Can’t Remember If This Was Dirt or Chocolate? (April 2009)

¶ Posted 05 May 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book. So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2022 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, health, history, language

My 2022 Stanley Cup Predictions (and hey, @NHL get your shit together!)

Haven’t done this for a couple years but here’s my picks for the Stanley Cup Playoffs… Well, sort of. Unless I’m missing something, the geniuses at the NHL have apparently managed to create a highly touted interactive feature that has a pop-up “Tiebreaker” box that can’t be moved or cancelled (at least on a Macbook […]