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Friday Fun Link – 15 Times Connor McDavid Did The Impossible

Okay, now that the Stanley Cup’s been awarded and we don’t know if/when NHL hockey will be back, can I, as a Flames fan, admit that I *really* enjoy watching Connor McDavid? I mean, his defense sucks and I hope the Oilers continue to miss the playoffs every year for the next decade. But man, […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2020 § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Ruth Bader-Ginsburg On Not Retiring

From happier times…

¶ Posted 25 September 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Browsing The Stacks: A Photo Appreciation of Libraries

The Atlantic has a paywall but allows a certain number of free visits each month so hopefully you can get in (or have a VPN or use Incognito Mode). This is a pretty amazing photo essay. (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 18 September 2020 § Library § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, history

Friday Fun Link – Inside The World Trade Center (1999)

¶ Posted 11 September 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]

¶ Posted 04 September 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, science

Friday Fun Link – Canadian Perverts

Jim Gaffigan who is known as a pretty clean, dad-bod-type comic gets downright raunchy after a visit to <checks notes>…Regina, Saskatchewan?!?

¶ Posted 14 August 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, saskatchewan, television

Friday Fun Link – How To Sound Like Different Composers In Three Steps

¶ Posted 10 July 2020 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – It Was A Good Run, English Language

https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/1278313452054949889

¶ Posted 03 July 2020 § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Friday Fun Link – Library Run “Famous Quotes” Database

I’ve always loved quotations and used to even “read” quotation books. Now the web has modernized the idea in the form of quote web sites. There are a few options out there but I recently found out that a library system in Kentucky runs its own “Famous Quotes” web site which is pretty cool!