Category Archives: Humour

Is That Bottled Water I See On The Stage?

So I'll have an optimistic moment like yesterday's post and think that “hey, maybe the planet isn't doomed.”  Then I wake up today and, while watching the Live Earth concerts, hear Madonna say “if you want to save the planet, let me see you jump!”  And I'll feel sad because I know that the planet […]

Pace's Future Careers…

Librarian Author And of course, rock star!

Happy Longest Day of the Year

Or as a sleepy new father and an overtired new mother call it: “everyday.”

Nations That Have Not Yet Adopted the Metric System

(via Reddit)

The Birth Order of Children

We were talking about having multiple children today at coffee break (“I think Shea and I want to survive this one before we decide that” was my take) and a co-worker mentioned this e-mail which she forwarded to me.  Too true.   The Birth Order of Children Your Clothes 1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes […]

Facebook Embarrassments

I was talking to a friend who refuses to join Facebook.  They said that part of the reason they didn't want to join was how competitive it seemed: “I have 46 friends.”  “I have 87 friends.”  “I have 99 friends.”  And what's the first line of my Feliciter article about Facebook?  “I have exactly 159 […]

Friday Fun Link – "13 Lucky Tips for Activists" (April 13, 2007)

A fitting list for Friday the 13th – “13 Lucky Tips For Activists“. What’s #1? “Have a sense of humour.”

Hump Day

Today was my first “hump day” in a long time so I'm really sorry to do this to you but…Our catalouging prof, the newly minted Dr. E. Davies, demostrated the principles of textual analysis using this song.  Meanwhile, a teacher I know wouldn't allow it to be played at a high school dance.  Such is […]

You Know You're From A Small Town When…

I used the following list when I did up a “mini-yearbook” for our 10 year high school reunion and came across it recently in a new Facebook group dedicated to the topic.  So I thought I'd re-post it here. You Know You're From A Small Town When… 1. You can name everyone you graduated with. […]

Dear Hockey Gods – By Flashpoint

I don't hate the shootout as much as some people do.  I  actually have a much bigger problem with a scoring system that allows for some games to be worth 3 points and others 2  (if I was in charge, a win is 2 points, a loss is 0 points no matter when it happens, […]