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Music Monday – “All this talk of getting old/It’s getting me down my love/Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown/This time I’m coming down”

If you’re in a British band called “The Libertines” and have a lifelong history of battling drug addiction, this is a perfect song to cover in a stripped down acoustic form… Peter Doherty strips “The Drugs Don’t Work” back until there is almost nowhere for the song to hide. Richard Ashcroft wrote one of The […]

¶ Posted 10 August 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Secular Sunday – Noah’s Ark Structure To Be Built At Mainprize Regional Park

Sigh. Just down the road from where we camp. I guess it might be a good move though…

¶ Posted 09 August 2026 § Humour § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, camping, education, history, weather

Saturday Snap – The Pool Challenge Is On!

If Sasha tells you that she beat me 5-1 in a dunking contest at a Saskatoon hotel pool, just remember that I’m old, overweight, and obliging. 😉

¶ Posted 08 August 2026 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, saskatchewan, travel

Friday Fun Link – Richard Feynman Explains Magnetism in a Very Thorough Way

I mean, this is both cool but also some strong “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” energy here too… In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart — and he refused to answer it. What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed. Bookmark & […]

¶ Posted 07 August 2026 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, language, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Garth Brooks in #YXE (June 2016)

Don’t get to Saskatoon often these days but used to go a lot more when we were younger (including more than one there-and-back road trips to go JUST TO GET WENDY’S when Regina which is pretty insane in hindsight!) and when I worked for a province-wide organization (even had a program where I’d go and […]

¶ Posted 06 August 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

Wisdom Wednesday – Oversaving

Many people save for retirement through RRSPs, TFSAs, pensions (if they’re lucky) but Shea recently told me about the concept of “oversaving” where people become so focused on saving that they find it hard to switch to spending those savings as retirement approaches – especially if you’re still in good health and feel like you […]

¶ Posted 05 August 2026 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, parents

To My Fellow Americans: The Canadian Door Is Ajar

Not a lot but according to this essay, Canadians are open to going back to the way things were in terms of US relations. BUT some *very* major changes need to happen. (And honestly, I’m not even sure those changes would fix it – we’ve seen America with the mask off completely and it was […]