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Friday Fun Link – Reloading Random Things

I’m not sure how to embed a video clip I found on Reddit so will just say it’s worth a click to go check this out – *this* is the type of content that makes the Internet awesome!

¶ Posted 17 December 2021 § Humour § Internet § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Friday Fun Link – Kelloggs vs. GenZ

Kellogg’s workers in the States who have been on strike since October (in the US, apparently workers aren’t guaranteed their job after a strike as I believe is the case in Canada) were in the process of being laid off en masse by the company who wanted to hire 1400 permanent replacement workers. A bunch […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2021 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, unitedstates

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 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: wrestling

Friday Fun Link – Book Vending Machine Encourages Students To Attend, Improve Marks, and Be Kind

I get why “attend” is important for kids who miss school regularly (even before Covid, schools were doing an “attendance matters” campaign) but I’ve always hated this implied pressure to show up to school no matter what without the consideration that a) it’s okay for kids who are sick to stay home and b) even […]

¶ Posted 26 November 2021 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – 110 Random Facts I Had To Double Check To Believe

I asked my daughter what I should post for this week’s Friday Fun Link and she said “Search up ‘fun facts’ on YouTube”. This was the first result…

¶ Posted 12 November 2021 § Family § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, science

Friday Fun Link – The Literature Clock

This site is pretty cool – it tells you the time by showing a quote from a book that happens to reference whatever time it is at the moment…

¶ Posted 05 November 2021 § Internet § Library § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, education, language

Friday Fun Link – Flames’ Amazing Five Game Road Trip Win Record

A week ago, I was noting that the Flames’ first victory should be celebrated as I didn’t know how these chronic underachievers that I support would fare through the rest of the year. A week later, I (and many in Flames fandom) are stunned at an almost unprecedented road trip run… Whether that level […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2021 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, history, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Flames Win Their First Game of the Year

I feel like this is worth acknowledging…hopefully not because it’s a rarity this year!

¶ Posted 22 October 2021 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Regina Company Releases Virtual Reality Hockey Game

My wife is really excited to know I’m going to be wearing something over my eyes while swinging a hockey stick around in our living room – welcome to the future! 😉

¶ Posted 15 October 2021 § Humour § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, hockey, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – “The Years Have Flown By” 50th Anniversary Charter Plane Ride

I alluded to this in Thursday’s post when I wrote “the years have flown by” about my mom and dad’s 50th Anniversary. But I didn’t want to give away the big surprise I had planned for their anniversary gift knowing they read my blog. Honestly, it was a bit tough trying to come up with […]