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Friday Fun Link – The Tragically Hip: A Chronology

Tomorrow’s the big night for the last Tragically Hip concert during their final cross-Canada tour so here’s a few full-length concerts from throughout their career to whet your appetite: One from their earliest days, recorded live for MuchMusic… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvsyKyjFrA A concert from perhaps the height of their fame during one of their Another Roadside Attraction concerts… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8SfNB4MyG4 One […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2016 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, hockey, music, ontario, television

Music Monday – “She’s so young/She’s got the answer/She doesn’t need to question herself like I do”

The Trans-Canada Highwaymen is another Canadian supergroup made up of members of Sloan, Barenaked Ladies, The Odds, and Pursuit of Happiness with a conceit that they’ll play hits from their own bands but only songs that each member wrote for their other groups (which is why it’s ironic that they stick a bit of “Poets” […]

¶ Posted 15 August 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Niagara Falls Barrier Coated In Ice (February 2006)

Soon after Shea came to join me in London when I started my Masters degree in January 2006, we rented a car and like the good tourists we were, headed for Niagara Falls. Going to the falls in mid-winter seems strange but someone (a classmate?) had tipped us off that they’re actually really beautiful in […]

¶ Posted 11 August 2016 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ontario

“The Voter Is Always Right” vs. “Voting Against Your Best Interests”

Recent events (Federal Liberals sweep in Canada, Sask Party dominates in Saskatchewan, rise of Trump in States, Brexit vote in UK) have me thinking a lot about the notion of “the voter is always right” vs. “people voting against their best interests” “The voter is always right” is something you usually hear after an election or […]

¶ Posted 10 July 2016 § News § Politics § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

National Capital Commission Shuts Down Children’s Lemonade Stand, Teaches Valuable Lesson?

As we walked into the Canada Day Festivities the other day, I remember thinking how cool it was to see so many kids setting up lemonade stands in their yards along the road leading to Wascana Park – learning about entrepreneurship, customer service, being out in the sun instead of inside playing video games. Then, […]

¶ Posted 03 July 2016 § Jobs § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Saturday Snap – Canada Day Picnic

Enjoying the Canada Day celebrations at Wascana Park…

¶ Posted 02 July 2016 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, saskatchewan, weather

Friday Fun Link – How To Be Canadian

Happy Canada Day, eh?

¶ Posted 01 July 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, holiday, language, youtube

The World’s Most Awkward Three Way Handshake

¶ Posted 29 June 2016 § News § Politics § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

Some Thoughts On Maintaining Perspective

So I’m having a bit of a rough June… I won’t get into the gory details (or post the photos!) but it involves a minor medical procedure, a longer-than-expected recovery, an unexpected infection which may or may not be a result of that first procedure and which swelled one of my arms up to double the size of […]

¶ Posted 21 June 2016 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: facebook, music, ontario

Friday Fun Link – 19 Pictures That Hilariously Prove Potato Chips Are No Joke In Canada

One highlight of working at a gas station as a teenager was getting to see all the different kinds of chips that rotated in and out – Hostess especially came out with some pretty strange (at the time) flavours including Hamburger, French Fries, Roast Chicken and Pizza. So it was no surprise to see a […]