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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Crunching Leaves (September 2010)

Posted 22 September 2016 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

One Final @RoryAllenMusic Video From The RP Anniversary Gig (And A Few Thoughts on “The King”)

I have lots of Elvis memories from growing up. When I was a kid, I used to spend hours listening to my parent’s record collection.  My dad was a big Elvis fan and passed that love of “The King” on to me via the various Elvis records he owned. I used to argue with one of […]

Posted 18 September 2016 § Library § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – @roryallenmusic with the Hammonds @officialRPL Regent Place “Retro” 50th Anniversary Event

Posted 17 September 2016 § Library § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Generational Differences Chart

I’m always interested in the concept of generational differences which has come up a couple times recently – after Shea attended a workshop on reaching out to young people in the workplace and then during a conversation in my workplace where a few of us “oldies” had fun explaining what life was like in the time of cassette […]

Posted 13 September 2016 § Infographic § Jobs § List § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Liminal” by Rodney Mullen, Inventor of the “Ollie” Trick That Most Skateboarding Tricks Are Based On

Pace is getting into skateboarding which means that I’m getting into skateboarding. 😉 But I came across this article and video recently and did want to share because it’s *very* cool – the guy who invented “the ollie” (flat ground version) on which most modern skateboarding tricks are based who is now 49 years old […]

Posted 04 September 2016 § Meme § Pace § PopCulture § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Katepwa Pier Crew

Always a bittersweet day when we do the many end-of-season chores at our family cottage at Katepwa Lake.  We were out yesterday to bring in the piers, boat track and sea doo stand, clear out the water lines, cut the grass, load the boat, etc. etc. It was great to have one of my funniest, favouritist cousins […]

Posted 03 September 2016 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A McReview of the New McDonalds “Create Your Taste” Burger Option #yqr

So, to celebrate the first day of school, we decided to take Pace to McDonalds for supper. I’d forgotten that Regina’s Rochdale McDonalds location (and perhaps others in the city?) have installed the new “Build Your Taste” machines which are like giant iPad-like, self-serve touchscreen machines. I’m sure we could’ve figured it out but a […]

Posted 01 September 2016 § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Fall on the Prairies

My dad’s (and I suspect most farmers’) favourite season…

Posted 31 August 2016 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “You are my heart/Oh my Queen of the Furrows/This is how I farm, eyes up and ears down low/You are my heart, you’re my Queen of the Furrows/This how I feel, hens cluck and roosters crow”

Although I was a pretty big fan of the Hip back in their prime years, I sort of backed away – both as their albums became less essential (The top 6 of the 12 Tragically Hip albums rated by CBC were released in the 1980’s or 1990’s, the bottom six were all released after 2000) and […]

Posted 22 August 2016 § Canada § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Scarface (Kid Version) (September 2013)

Just before starting Grade One, both Pace and his buddy down the street ended up with some serious stitches – the buddy earned his falling off his bike while Pace got his running into a tree after looking back to see how far I was behind him! Tough kids…

Posted 18 August 2016 § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °