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Category Archives: Humour

Saturday Snap – Sasha Grooving

Shea got invited to Pace’s school for a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for some work she’d done to help out with Pace’s class this year while she was on maternity leave.  She took Sasha to the tea and it was a pleasant surprise that Pace’s class was also the one chosen to entertain the volunteers.  Sasha […]

Posted 07 June 2014 § Family § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Parenting Sure Has Changed!

In the old days, if your kid fell in a hole you reached for them. Today, you reach for your camera phone! 😉

Posted 03 June 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

Posted 02 June 2014 § Censorship § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Porktrack

A vital addition to the resources of the world wide web, Porktrack takes your birth date and tries to calculate back to make a best guess about which song was playing on the night you were conceived. For example…  

Posted 30 May 2014 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

I Work At A Public Library…

…which is why I find this Tumblr so funny!

Posted 27 May 2014 § Library § LibrarySchool § Meme § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – As A Handyman, I Make A Pretty Good Librarian!

Luckily, my one neighbour has spent many years as a carpenter for the City of Regina (and also does numerous side projects for his own clients as well) while my other neighbour said “I’ve lived in five houses and built five fences!” Add in two son-in-laws of the carpenter helping out (including one who is […]

Posted 24 May 2014 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]

Posted 20 May 2014 § Family § Infographic § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Christians have their hymns and pages/Hava nagila’s for the Jews/Baptists have the Rock of Ages/Atheists just sing the blues”

A co-worker sent me this knowing I’d get a kick out of it… “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” – Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

Posted 05 May 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Bon Jovi Baby

This clip is hilarious, not just because it reminds me of the things my own kids do now but also because it reminds me of the folk-punk band I was in while on exchange to England which regularly integrated Bon Jovi lyrics into our own songs (in this case, the song became “I want her/Dead […]

Posted 04 May 2014 § MemoryLane § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,