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Monthly Archives February 2024

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Dementia Signs (February 2018)

One good thing about being an obsessive journal keeper since right around the time I graduated high school (and that those journals, started in WordPerfect, have now all been digitized and are completely searchable.) So that’s how I know that the very first reference I made to my mom showing signs of dementia was in […]

¶ Posted 29 February 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, parents, travel

Friday Fun Link – Dreams Playa Mujeres

As of today, I’m officially on holidays and will be here in a few short days…and likely very few blog posts until we return in a week.

¶ Posted 16 February 2024 § Family § FridayFunLink § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, parents, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Snorkelling in Hawaii (January 2012)

So glad the tour guide on this snorkeling tour didn’t actually need a bribe to make sure he didn’t drop our water camera when he swam underneath us to take this unique photo! 😉

¶ Posted 15 February 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, holiday, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – “This was the future at one point. Let’s use all this cool tech we have to make people’s lives easier, more fulfilling, and safer.”

Two months ago, my fully remote job of 3 years began a campaign to bring all employees back to office. This confused me, as I was originally hired to be fully remote. I lost that status because we recently moved into a temporary apartment while we shop for our first home. 1/ — Jauwn (@Jauwnio) […]

¶ Posted 14 February 2024 § Internet § Jobs § Technology § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, health, orgdevl

Top 20 Worst SNL Musical Performances

There’s a theory that one way to know you’re officially “old” is when you no longer recognize the majority of musical guests on Saturday Night Live. I probably hit that point 10 years ago or so but I still know most of these…unfortuantely.

¶ Posted 13 February 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, television

Music Monday – “Take a trip from Canada/I want all of us to go/To my Island home/where Jah love forever flows”

One week today!!! “Palm Trees” – Tasman Jude

¶ Posted 12 February 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Secular Sunday – Spoiler Alert: They Did Not Retrieve The Missionary’s Body

In 2018, John Allen Chau attempted to make contact with the people on North Sentinel Island. North Sentinel Island is the home of the Sentinalese, an indigenous people who have chosen voluntary isolation. They have consistently safeguarded their protected seclusion from… pic.twitter.com/lg3MZQjz2l — Morbid Knowledge (@Morbidful) February 5, 2024 The Sentinelese tribe in brief pic.twitter.com/DYYmyn9tPG […]

¶ Posted 11 February 2024 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

Saturday Snaps – #Rivalry Series #yqr #GoCanadaGo #CanadianWomenKickButt

Had tickets to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Friday night and it was a great game and an even better experience. I hadn’t been following it but when I looked it up, I was surprised to see the Americans had won the first three in a row […]

¶ Posted 10 February 2024 § Canada § Family § Pace § Sasha § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, hockey, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – The Road To Wrestlemania

The longest reigning champion in modern WWE history. Two dynastic wrestling families. A former wrestler who became the world’s biggest movie star (and also now sits on the WWE Board in real life.). The company being sold to the UFC’s parent company after being under McMahon family control its entire existence. The major cloud hanging […]