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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Boxing Day Classic (Multiple Years)

When I was in high school and later, in university, the neighbours across the street hosted a Boxing Day road hockey tournament every year. This was followed by an airing of the latest Don Cherry “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em” VHS tape that one of their two boys got from Christmas, finger foods, basement beers and […]

¶ Posted 28 January 2021 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § UK § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Happy 60th Birthday to Wayne Gretzky

Not a fan of his politics but the man is the best hockey player of all-time and probably the most accomplished athlete out of any major sport ever! Hard to believe he’s 60… We've got 60 facts for Wayne Gretzky's 60th birthday ?? Think you know everything about The Great One? @robpizzo begs to differ […]

¶ Posted 26 January 2021 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, history, sports

Two Big Battles I’m Watching Tonight…

Man, I hope the two Democrats win the Georgia run-off elections and the Democrats take control of the Senate. After the long delay to confirm Biden as President-elect, this would be the cherry-on-top of delayed results! Less impactful but no less entertaining, I’m also hoping Team Canada can once again win Gold at the World […]

¶ Posted 05 January 2021 § News § Politics § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, hockey, television, unitedstates

Stop Bitching That Your Christmas Is Ruined

¶ Posted 20 December 2020 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, xmas

Covid 19 Vaccine Arrives in Saskatchewan!

Have to admit Shea and I both had tears in our eyes watching the first two healthcare workers be vaccinated this evening in Regina (in the very hospital Shea works in and has worked in all year without a break) after what has been a long, strange, stressful year. There are a lot of reasons […]

¶ Posted 15 December 2020 § Jobs § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, parents, science

Friday Fun Link – What Life Is Like In Countries Without Pandemics

For various reasons ranging from geographic isolation to stronger health measures to more compliant populations, there are actually countries in the world where life continues almost as if there isn’t a worldwide pandemic still affecting the majority of the planet. People are going to restaurants, attending concerts & sporting events, having family gatherings and much […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2020 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, history

V-Day!

After a very strange, long, historic year, it feels pretty monumental that the UK is the first country rolling out their Covid vaccine starting today (okay, Russia actually started a few days ago but I think the UK is getting all the attention since that’s the Pfizer one most of the world will be using) […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2020 § News § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, history, unitedstates

Multiple Thoughts on Multiple Elections #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In order… SASK PROVINCIAL ELECTION (OCT 26) 1. In my initial post-mortem, I chalked up at least one big factor in the NDP’s failure to do well up to people wanting the status quo during a pandemic. (This was bolstered by the BC NDP actually growing their majority a few days earlier.) But as detailed […]