Category Archives: Humour

Big Beaver

Like many places, Saskatchewan has numerous towns with unique names – for example, Moose Jaw, Elbow, Eyebrow, Climax (which is just down the road from Conquest)!  Even my own hometown of Indian Head has provided the occasional laugh for the less politically correct among us (although the true reason it has that name is no […]

David Lee Roth on "American Idol"

The vocal-only track of David Lee Roth singing “Running With The Devil” has been making the rounds of the Internets but this is the funniest mash-up I've seen – what if Diamond Dave took his act to the American Idol audition room?  (I have no problem using the “humour” tag on this post but am […]

Happy Valenkeg's Day

When I was in undergrad, I was a regular at the Bushwakker Brew Pub for Robbie Burns Night each January.  Every year, they had a draw to go with the celebrations and on one particularly memorable occasion, I happened to win a free keg.  Since the next major holiday after Robbie Burns Night (barring Groundhog […]

"Gonna Be (Other) Wars" – The John McCain Version of the Latest Viral Obama Video

I posted an Obama video a few days ago which featured one of his speeches set to music by Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas that was called “Yes, We Can”.  Now, someone's done a parody featuring the very frightening words of John McCain… (via Reddit)

Friday Late Link – Free On-Demand Music (Feb 9, 2008)

I was going to link to a list of the symptoms of severe food poisoning and leave off at that.  But after sleeping sixteen hours out of the last twenty-four (I won't get too graphic about how I spent the other eight hours but you can imagine… …I'm feeling a bit better so I decided […]

Friday Fun Link – Well Done Books (Feb 1, 2008)

Gives new meaning to the phrase “cook book“.  And pretty much any site's even more fun when viewed with this.

"Is there any kind of like…video rental store but for books?"

(Click on the graphic to see a larger image) (via Reddit which has some good discussion about this magical, mystical place the person is seeking)

Future Library Director Training???

Our library director commutes daily from Regina to Weyburn and back, a round-trip of about two and a half hours.  He told a funny story before Christmas about one day a few years ago when a blizzard hit the province and he was the only person to make it to work that day – even […]

Baby's First Belly Laugh

We've had Pace going pretty good a few times but haven't caught it on camera yet.  So, instead I give you Jack's first belly laugh (who coincidentally is also 8 months old)…

Do's and Don'ts of Babies

It's a bit embarrassing how many of the “don'ts” on this list I've done.