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Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year

At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents. This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the same wrapping paper as mommy and daddy?” questions, and allows the kids to get an immediate jolt when they first glimpse […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2014 § Family § FridayFunLink § List § Pace § Randomness § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas traditions have well-documented roots back to a pagan time, long ago, when people came together for a festival during the longest night of the year […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2014 § Family § Sad § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, philosophy

Music Monday – “They’re singing deck the halls/But it’s not like Christmas at all/I remember when you were here/All the fun we had last year”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, noted curmudgeonly TV host, David Letterman hates Christmas music. But each year, he makes an exception for Darlene Love’s version of “It’s Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” which he featured on his talk show with a four piece backing band in his earliest years… …and which has grown over the years to a […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When Bread Is Bigger Than A Small Child

¶ Posted 18 December 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Why Librarians Defend The Right To Watch Porn at the Library

This is a great article on an important topic but my short answer is this: “Beyond limits set by the existing laws of the land, no one should have right to tell anyone else what they can read/watch/listen to. Period.” To expand on this a bit… I’ve seen patrons watching things that are a lot […]

¶ Posted 14 December 2014 § Censorship § Library § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @OfficialRPL Christmas Party (December 2009)

Hard to believe that this weekend will be the seventh RPL Christmas Party I’ve attended. Here’s some pics from one of the first ones I attended back in 2009… Pace and his daddy in one of my favourite ever pictures of the two of us… The assembled kids and parents watching a magician perform […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2014 § Library § Pace § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Southernmost Point in Canada (2006)

Shea and I at Point Pelee, Ontario, the southernmost point in mainland Canada…

¶ Posted 04 December 2014 § Canada § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ontario

Friday Fun Link – Star Wars “The Force Awakens” Trailer

Yes!

¶ Posted 28 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Meme § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for what you did for me/I can see things now I never would have seen”

Having a real Spirit of the West run of posts lately. Here’s another one – the first video they ever shot from their official YouTube channel… “Political” – Spirit of the West

¶ Posted 24 November 2014 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Spirit of the West’s John Mann Dancing

I recently wrote about the sad news that Spirit of the West lead singer, John Mann, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Without being too hyperbolic, I have to say there aren’t many bands that have played as big of a role in my life as Spirit of the West – everything from the […]