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Music Monday – “Silent now but you used to laugh before”

In 1990, just before they got massive, The Tragically Hip played a small club in Regina called “The Venue”. Someone put a video camera on one of the balconies in the club and has now posted some of this historically valuable footage. Here’s a clip of an unreleased early song called “Night Comes Down” (or “Night […]

¶ Posted 06 June 2016 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Dad and His Classic Car (early 1960’s?)

Usually for Throwback Thursday, I find a photo from sometime between 2006 (when I got my first digital camera) and now. But just like last week when I found a pic of Shea and her mom when Shea was quite young, I stumbled upon another older photo in my archives – my dad with what […]

¶ Posted 02 June 2016 § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, parents, saskatchewan

Sometimes it hits me at random moments…

…how amazing it is that Shea gave birth to two beautiful, amazing babies. Today was one of those days so I just wanted to share!

¶ Posted 01 June 2016 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Friday Fun Link – The 100 Jokes That Defined Modern Comedy

This is an amazing list covering all the jokes/skits/moments that have helped define our modern understanding of (and sometimes approach to) comedy.

¶ Posted 26 May 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, history, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Shea and Her Grandma (Early 1980’s)

There needs to be a new word for when you take a digital photo of an old print photo. Anyhow, Shea recently took a snap of this picture to mark the 15 year anniversary of her Grandma’s passing. Most people say that Sasha looks like me but she’s definitely got a lot of her mom in […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2016 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) °

Gord Downie Taught Me To Dance: Memories of A Band That Defined Me and My Country

So I woke up today to the very sad news that Gord Downie, lead singer of the Tragically Hip, has terminal brain cancer. Obviously, as you age, it’s natural that your own heroes and icons will age ahead of you. But 2016 has been a rough year where we lost some top-shelf music icons – […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2016 § Canada § Internet § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: hockey, language, music, saskatchewan, travel

Music Monday – “We’ve got real def rhythms and fresh new jams/And ya think we got egos but we’re just hams/Scott plays stickball and likes to skate/Frank is never on time he’s always…Sleeping! ‘Late!'”

I loved this song when I was in college… “I’m The Man” – Anthrax

¶ Posted 23 May 2016 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, music

Happy 9th Birthday Pace!

Pace had his (real) birthday last Thursday on May 19 and it’s been a crazy, fun-filled weekend since then. (Speaking of “crazy, fun-filled weekends”, Shea and I live in dread of having a kid who has his birthday on May long weekend when he gets older!) 😉 On his actual birthday, we had a nice […]

¶ Posted 22 May 2016 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

Music Monday – “Our house had the biggest patio/Our house had all the summer shade/We had patio lanterns “

Really enjoying our back yard patio as Shea and I continue to make more and more improvements – the most recent is the addition of some lattice and and a new gate… Now we only need a theme song for our new favourite place! 😉 “Patio Lanterns” – Kim Mitchell