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Friday Fun Link – Moose Jaw Engages In A Battle of the “Meese”

In a province where we take pride in our large roadside attractions, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan has long prided itself on having the world’s largest moose. Except that a few years ago, those dirty bastard Norwegians have raised the ante(lers) by erecting a moose statue that is Max the Moose (by 31 cm) compared to Moose Jaw’s […]

Posted 18 January 2019 § Canada § Humour § News § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Dewey Decimal Number Are You?

New York Public Library with a fun quiz though I feel it could’ve been a lot longer and more in-depth – there are 0-999 numbers after all! 😉 

Posted 11 January 2019 § Humour § Library § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)  

Posted 21 December 2018 § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 12 Elf On The Shelf Ideas To Thrill Kids And 12 That’ll Scar Them For Life

I think next year I’ll have to get an Elf on the Shelf to entertain myself instead of Sasha!

Posted 14 December 2018 § Censorship § Humour § PopCulture § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]

Posted 07 December 2018 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Trump Sings Ariana Grande

This is pretty funny… …though, to be fair, Obama also got the same treatment:  

Posted 30 November 2018 § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – My Grandfather Has Kept A Detailed List of Every Book He’s Read Since 1949

This is pretty amazing. (via Reddit)

Posted 23 November 2018 § List § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Captain Connor Rap

I’m going to tag this as “Music” but that’s probably stretching the definition somewhat. 😉  

Posted 16 November 2018 § Humour § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates

This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.

Posted 09 November 2018 § Infographic § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Five Year Old’s Guide to the Galaxy

Reddit has a sub-Reddit called /r/ExplainLikeImFive where the goal is to convey complex ideas in a way that even a child (or a typical Redditor?) can understand. Someone compiled some of the best explanations the site has provided in a single post.

Posted 26 October 2018 § Internet § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,