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Category Archives: Humour

What Day Is It Again?

In bad news, today had a dose of freezing rain/melty snow that made my recent decision to stop wearing winter clothes, no matter what the weather was doing, quite foolish. In good news, after getting home, drying off, and eating supper, I got to have a nice conversation with a young man in the Philippines […]

Posted 17 April 2018 § Meme § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’ve got that whiskey in the eye, my love/You know I’m not afraid to fight/Cause word’s been gettin’ round this town/and I can’t wait another night”

Soon after the Humboldt Broncos accident happened on Friday, I was sure I’d be posting Tom Cochrane’s “Big League” as my Music Monday post this week. But I’ve linked to that song a couple times already – I decided to post it right away on the night of the accident and again yesterday in a […]

Posted 09 April 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

He Is Risen!

No, not that guy – the other one! 😉

Posted 01 April 2018 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Bad Friday?

Posted 30 March 2018 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Calgary Librarian Gives Up City Career To Run Family Farm in Saskatchewan

Technically, I could also give up my library career to go back to run our family farm.  But since I’m still scarred from misjudging the width of a swather and driving it into a power pole as a young man, I think I’ll stick with books and computers instead of barley and combines! 😉 Anyhow, […]

Posted 28 March 2018 § Family § Jobs § Library § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – That Sad Moment When You Check Your Weather App For Info About #skstorm…

…and realise it’s still set to the location where you just returned from a tropical holiday! 🙁

Posted 24 March 2018 § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Extra Spam = $2.25 (January 2012)

A restaurant menu board from our Hawaii trip in 2012…

Posted 22 March 2018 § MemoryLane § Photo § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Off To Mexico! #ThePalaceLife

Posted 27 February 2018 § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Make It Ryan!” @ryanmeili

Ryan’s the master of puns but “Make it Ryan” instead of “Make it Rain” works pretty well too, especially after you manage to win a couple hundred bucks in the 50/50 draw at a Steak Night fundraiser! Now I can make another donation to Ryan’s campaign *and* pay for all my drinks at the all-inclusive […]

Posted 25 February 2018 § Politics § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – This Is My Favourite Photo of Mark Messier

After years without quite making it to the ultimate victory, in 1984, only one year after Wayne Gretzky was made his Captain, Mark Messier was drinking from the Stanley Cup. Some other fun facts about Gretzky, Messier and their intertwined  destinies: * Messier had 37 points in his first season in the NHL and Gretzky had […]

Posted 23 February 2018 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,