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Monthly Archives April 2023

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My First Gmail Message (June 2004)

Not sure how I stumbled upon this but poking around my Gmail account recently (which I have used since day one as my secondary account for entering contests, subscribing to newsletters I’ll never read and generally trying to target spam there so rarely look at it), I found the first message I ever sent to […]

¶ Posted 20 April 2023 § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Artificial Intelligence Charlie Echo Versus The Real Thing

Back in December, I was playing with AI generated images and Sasha suggested “Charlie in the Snow.” This is one of the images it came up with and it felt appropriate today with the late April snowstorm we’re enduring… I didn’t get any pics today (kids took him out walking tonight instead of Shea or […]

¶ Posted 19 April 2023 § Charlie Echo § Humour § Internet § Meme § Sasha § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, weather

Music Monday – “Clicking sticks three times/Drawing ‘er back to your own line/Top shelf and we’re up by one/Ringing ‘em off the crossbars/Moving our nets for the cars/And all together we’d yell ‘Game on!’/And then our folks would call us in/And we all agreed ‘Next goal wins'”

“More Than A Game” – Mike Plume Band I didn’t put a lot of thought into this (well, except picking whoever was against the Oilers and Leafs!) but here’s my picks for this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs…

¶ Posted 17 April 2023 § MusicMonday § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey, music

Secular Sunday – SNL Alum Victoria Jackson Goes on Rant Saying Her “Loving” God Hates LGBT+ People

The hypocrisy is strong with this one as she tells a local city council meeting that the Bible tells her that God hates “pride” but also ends by warning people to avoid being brainwashed. (And as a side note, I legitimately don’t know how she ever got on SNL as I never found her very […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2023 § Humour § MemoryLane § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, science

Saturday Snap – Camping Season Is Coming

Yesterday I posted about spring seeding and today I’m posting a picture the in-laws sent of our camp site – has it been a long winter or what?

¶ Posted 15 April 2023 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, parents, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Everything About Grain Bins (Farmers Are Geniuses)

Spring feels like it’s (almost) here. Even though I haven’t been directly involved in farming for years, like many in Saskatchewan, I start thinking about seeding at this time of year. Here’s an interesting video but unfortunately he doesn’t cover survival strategies if your dad makes you shovel out a grain bin on a super […]

¶ Posted 14 April 2023 § Family § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, food, parents, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Last of Us Isn’t Just A Popular TV Show (Oct, Dec 2022, Apr 2023)

Pace in early October… (Shockingly?) Shea and I didn’t test positive until December…though having a teen who pretty much self-isolates 99% of the time anyhow did help keep the rest of us safe when Pace was the first positive in the family.) And even though she ended up getting the PCR test twice in the […]

¶ Posted 13 April 2023 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

My Childhood Best Friend Wins $55 Million! (Well, A Guy I Kinda Sorta Remember Anyhow)

Okay, maybe he wasn’t my childhood best friend but he was somebody from my hometown whose family and mine did do stuff together occasionally before they moved to BC. But I should back-up… I still distinctly remember a conversation when I worked for the Sask Publishers Group around 20 years ago when we were chatting […]