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Music Monday – “Thunder Bay must have been a big mess/Night bus to Regina not at my best/I’m trying to fly straight but I come undone”

“The Opening Act” – Blue Rodeo

Posted 10 January 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Why Does Our Fence Lean Inward?

When we bought our house a couple years ago, we noticed a slight inward lean to the fence. I didn’t think anything of it but after a couple winters, I realise it’s probably because *all the snow* from the green space behind our house (note the grass showing in patches further out!) likes to blow […]

Posted 08 January 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – MuchMusic in the 1980’s/1990’s

  Saw an article that influential music and pop culture Canadian station, MuchMusic (later rebranded as “Much”) is moving on to TikTok and YouTube. I’m not sure young people today can appreciate how influential MuchMusic the station was with its VJ’s, dance parties at schools, Speaker’s Corner, special features (Snow Job!), the compilation albums (especially […]

Posted 06 January 2022 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – If Wrestling Is Art, Kenny Omega Is One of Canada’s Greatest Performing Artists

Don’t agree – and this is a good article about the multiple ways pro wrestling appeals to people.

Posted 03 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Great Attraction or Great Attrition? It’s Up To Employers…

Some of the society-shifting impacts of Covid are being seen most clearly in workplaces.  A lot depends on whether managers and leaders are able to shift their thinking…

Posted 19 October 2021 § Jobs § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “The secret rules of engagement are hard to endorse/When the appearance of conflict meets the appearance of force”

“Grace Too” – Twin Flames (Tragically Hip Cover)

Posted 04 October 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Vaccination for Kids Under 12 Getting Closer!

This can’t come soon enough! Pfizer says it has submitted initial COVID-19 vaccine trial data for kids to Health Canada https://t.co/jVy5bLTPJA pic.twitter.com/AFAf16r8kO — CTV News (@CTVNews) October 1, 2021

Posted 01 October 2021 § Family § FridayFunLink § News § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Everything Wrong With The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation (A Partial & Incomplete List)

Hudson’s Bay Company selling orange shirts. Provincial governments such as Saskatchewan who don’t declare it a holiday (even as some cities within those provinces do). Catholic schools putting the Christian cross on their orange shirts. Businesses, organizations & people that don’t buy their orange shirts from Indigenous companies. Our federal government and its representatives continuing […]

Posted 30 September 2021 § Jobs § List § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Election 2021 In A Nutshell

Posted 21 September 2021 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Liveblogging the 2021 Canadian Federal Election #elxn44 #skpoli #canpoli #cndpoli

Okay, did this a couple elections ago for #Elxn42 but don’t think I did the last election.  But no big plans tonight other than a stiff rye & ginger ale so let’s see what we can see… – get home from work at 6pm to see that the split is roughly Libs – 21, Con […]

Posted 20 September 2021 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,