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The Legend of How Gilbert Gottfried Turned a 9/11 Joke Into “The Aristocrats”

More than an uniquely annoying voice, Gilbert Gottfried was a comedian’s comedian and a comedy legend. RIP. Around two weeks after the attacks, one of the first big comedy events held in New York City was the Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. Throughout the night, as funny as it was, there was also an […]

¶ Posted 12 April 2022 § Censorship § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh Is First NDP Leader To Become Liberal Health Minister ;-)

(via Reddit)

¶ Posted 08 April 2022 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health

Friday Fun Link – Heardle’s April Fool’s Song Is A Brilliant Choice

I’m up to playing three Wordle variants daily – the original Wordle, Heardle which is where you try to guess a song as they progressively play longer clips and Worldle where you see the outline of a country and after you guess, it tells you roughly how far away you are from the actual country […]

¶ Posted 01 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Saturday Snap – You Up For A Pint?

One of our neighbours occasionally texts “You up for a pint?” Most of the time he means beer but the other night, he showed up with a pint jar of homemade moonshine his co-worker had given him. (Apparently the secret is to dissolve Jolly Rancher candies in the mixture?!?)

¶ Posted 26 March 2022 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, language, science

New Brunswick Lifts All Covid-19 Restrictions For Second Time, Hopes For Different Outcome

From the “Great Headlines of History” file… New Brunswick lifts all COVID-19 restrictions for 2nd time, hopes for different outcome: https://t.co/1v37QOT6tc pic.twitter.com/PUN1doH1Is — CBC New Brunswick (@CBCNB) March 14, 2022

¶ Posted 15 March 2022 § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “The Main Event” – 2009 Canadian Library Association Conference @adr @jessamyn

I have so many fond memories of different experiences during my fifteen (!) years as a public librarian. One of the most memorable was being invited to represent public libraries in a pre-conference session put on by the Emerging Technologies group of CLA. As if being the representative for basically all public libraries in the […]

¶ Posted 10 March 2022 § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, metafilter

My Daughter, The Future Comedian?

She stumbled upon this video on YouTube a couple weeks ago, actually *wrote* out the joke before memorizing it then recited it word-for-word to me, her mom, her brother and anyone else who would listen!

¶ Posted 01 March 2022 § Family § Meme § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Funk Link – 10 Ways To Make A Winter Trip to West Edmonton Mall Feel Like A Tropical Vacation

Contrary to the impression you might get from some western Premiers, the Covid pandemic is not over. But with vaccinations and boosters also being increasingly common, we’re all slowly returning to “normal” (whatever that is.) Shea and I weren’t quite ready to book an out-of-country hot holiday as that leads to all sorts of other […]

¶ Posted 25 February 2022 § Family § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, allinclusive, Covid, holiday, travel

There’s Something Special About Watching The #Oilers Lose In Edmonton

Whether it’s the crowd being silenced live at Rogers Place or studiously staring into their nachoes at a sports bar in the West Edmonton Mall, watching the Oilers lose while on a holiday in Edmonton feels so much better than watching from a distance. And former Flame, Mike Smith, is a huge part of the […]