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Mankind and Undertaker Discuss Their Iconic Hell in a Cell Match

WWE’s “Hell in a Cell” Pay Per View is tonight with multiple matches being held in the imposing, over-sized cage. But twenty years ago, HiaC matches were much more rare and that made them much more special. The third ever HiaC match between Undertaker and Mankind had not one, not two but three iconic spots […]

¶ Posted 16 September 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Friday Fun Link – Calgary Flames Start Season With Two Exhibition Games in China

Talk about a long road trip!

¶ Posted 14 September 2018 § News § Sports § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, travel

Inside A Google Data Center

¶ Posted 28 August 2018 § Internet § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, science

The Worst Day of Donald Trump’s Presidency?

Trump’s personal lawyer admits to knowingly committing illegal finance campaign finance violations at Trump’s direction while Trump’s former campaign chair is found guilty of multiple counts of bank and tax fraud as well. The BEST people!

¶ Posted 21 August 2018 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

I’ll Just Leave This Here Redux…

I am *not* having a good August – the tooth ache I had last weekend hurt *way* worse than breaking my wrist and led to some quality time in my dentist’s chair today. 🙁

¶ Posted 14 August 2018 § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, science

Music Monday – “Pushed around and kicked around/Always a lonely boy/You were the one that they’d talk about around town as they put you down”

I had the day off so decided to pop out to Congress at the U of R. It was a great day going through the Exhibitors’ Hall catching up with some publishers I knew from my days in that world, meeting some new publishers, talking to authors and so on. Since I rarely get out […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2018 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – SLA Conference Bonfire (May 2017) #CFLAFCAB2018

I guess it depends on how tonight’s parties go but I doubt there will be any SLA bonfires since the venue this year is Regina instead of Waskesiu. 😉

¶ Posted 03 May 2018 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

Sasha Preparing To Go See Grandma in the Hospital

¶ Posted 02 May 2018 § Humour § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, parents

Opinion Piece: “On Getting Punched In The Face While Working At The Library”

This opinion piece was written by a librarian in Ohio (who happens to be a FB friend though I’ve never met him in person) but it resonated with me – about some of the “social worker”-type situations library staff deal with regularly (including aggressive patrons – knock on wood, the worst I’ve got was threats and […]

¶ Posted 25 April 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education

Saturday Snap – [automated voice] “Thank-you for choosing Bell. You can expect a 10 minute wait until we answer your call.”

To be fair, it was about half an hour on hold then half an hour working through diagnosing the issue but still… (Why, oh why haven’t we cut the cord yet???)