Love Actually is right up there as one of my favourite Christmas movies of all-time and this song at the end of the movie is a big part of the reason why. We're heading back to Regina tomorrow after a few days split between Shea's and my parents place so hopefully I'll get back to […]
I was looking for a clip from a M*A*S*H episode set to “I'll Be Home For Christmas” because it has that perfect touch of melancholy that makes for perfect holiday music (see the Pogues clip I linked to earlier this month for the ultimate example.) I couldn't find the clip I wanted (what? Every single piece […]
If you thought the last two Christmas videos I linked to were guilty pleasures, how about today's selection?
My mother-in-law won't let me post pictures of her doing shots of coffee liqueur tonight so instead, another semi-obscure British Christmas tune…
I posted a fitting John Lennon Christmas song over at LibrarianActivist for this week's Friday Fun Link but I think for the first time ever, I'm not going to post the exact same link on this blog. This is the video for a song that I think isn't very well known in North America (correct […]
Here's a big surprise – I love lists! And the end of the year, is the absolute best time for them. A web site called Fimoculous has compiled links to various online lists of best movies, music, books and various other categories for the past few years. Here's a direct link to the Books section […]
A former classmate sent me the following: “I know that education issues are sort of behind you now, but I came across an interesting article on “What`s wrong with the standard undergraduate computer science curriculum”. On the one hand, it appears that FIMS is doing quite a few things right (lots of presentations and group-work, […]
Someone wrote to advise that Daily Dilbert is a great way to pass the time when you're unemployed. Sometimes I find the humour a bit subtle (as in today's strip – see below) but it's always quality stuff unlike some of the other crap that's out there in the many funny pages on the Intraweb. […]
We Made It!Well, we made it. Our last couple days in London were pretty hectic with packing and last minute stuff but, like anything, it got done. Dumpster Diving ReduxAt the start of the year, I couldn't believe how many people threw out perfectly good stuff but by the time we left, I understood why. […]
