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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Playground (July 2012)

¶ Posted 21 April 2022 § Family § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “They put you in a pinewood box/And cover you up with dirt and rocks/It all goes well for about a week/And then, your coffin begins to leak”

I think I first heard this done by the Pogues but this song has been around since WWI, popular with both soldiers and children! Uhm, Happy Easter? “The Hearse Song” – Rusty Cage

¶ Posted 18 April 2022 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, music

Friday Sad Link – RIP Mike Bossy (1957-2022)

Sad to hear that my absolute favourite NHL player of all-time, Mike Bossy, passed away today after a lengthy battle with lung cancer (almost unbelievably, one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time was also a heavy smoker, especially early in his career.) How much did I admire Bossy? To this day, I used “22” […]

¶ Posted 15 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – random thoughts for a random age (2002 or 2003?)

When I worked for the Writers Guild of Alberta, I decided to be brave and do a poetry reading as part of the Calgary Stroll of Poets. Here’s one of my poems… headtale · Random Thoughts For A Random Age

¶ Posted 14 April 2022 § Humour § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta

The Legend of How Gilbert Gottfried Turned a 9/11 Joke Into “The Aristocrats”

More than an uniquely annoying voice, Gilbert Gottfried was a comedian’s comedian and a comedy legend. RIP. Around two weeks after the attacks, one of the first big comedy events held in New York City was the Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. Throughout the night, as funny as it was, there was also an […]

¶ Posted 12 April 2022 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

Music Monday – “Now the only thing a gamblin’ man ever needs/Is a suitcase, Lord, and a trunk/And the only time a fool like him is satisfied/Is when he’s all stone cold drunk”

Joni Mitchell won a Grammy last night for her “Archives Volume 1” album which features some long-lost masters from her first-ever recording session when she was 19 and a local DJ offered to help her make a demo tape at a local radio studio in Saskatoon. Pretty cool story! “House of the Rising Sun” – […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, music, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Puddle Jumping (April 2013)

Our old house used to get a huge lake in front of it once all the snow melted. At least it gave us a good spot to go puddle jumping…

¶ Posted 31 March 2022 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, weather

Video of Multi-Vehicle Pileup in Pennsylvania (and My Most Scary Winter Drives)

This happened on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania today pic.twitter.com/ONUUGOdtrH — ?_ Imposter_? (@Imposter_Edits) March 28, 2022 This video clip is insane (and sad – apparently five people died as a result of this multi-car pile-up in Pennsylvania when a snow squall blew in suddenly.) Growing up in Saskatchewan, I’ve had my share of scary winter […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2022 § List § News § Shea § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: travel, weather

Friday Fun Link – “I’m sorry, I don’t want to be an emperor.”

¶ Posted 25 March 2022 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Welcome Jason! (October 2009)

My former colleagues from Southeast Regional Library welcomed me as an observer to their SILS training sessions that they were doing at the Regina Public Library training room prior to the move to a province-wide library consortium over ten (!) years ago. (Look at the size of those monitors!)