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Ketchup Post

Busy week with lots of fundraising and work social club suppers basically every night which means I’ve neglected my blog…again! Here’s the catch-up… THROWBACK THURSDAY (September 2012) Meant to post this at the start of the month.  Hard to believe Pace is entering Grade 12! FRIDAY FUN LINK Fascinating places in the United States… The […]

Posted 15 September 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Library § SaturdaySnap § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

A Couple 9/11 Links

I’m reading a book about the differences between generations and one of the points is that each generation has a defining major moment that impacts them. But there are also surveys that indicate that 9/11 is the one major historical event that crosses generations in its impact up to and including people who weren’t even […]

Posted 11 September 2024 § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Oasis Reunion Tour Incoming (Did You Know Noel and Liam Have a Third Brother?)

After years of fighting and estrangement, Oasis is finally having a reunion tour! I’m excited even though I’m closer to that fatter, older, unknown Oasis brother! 😉

Posted 07 September 2024 § Humour § News § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy Appointversary To Me

My first day at RPL was September 8, 2008 but I never realised I was officially appointed to the position on September 5, 2008 so happy 16th appointversary to me!

Posted 05 September 2024 § Jobs § Library § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – Who Could’ve Predicted Sick Time Would Increase Coming Out of a Worldwide Pandemic?!?

This may be a record as I’ve been collecting information and reading about and adding info to the ongoing draft of this blog post, for oh, over two years. I’ve been doing this, basically ever since society collectively decided that Covid was over and that we’d all stop masking, stop most precautions, and start acting […]

Posted 28 August 2024 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Powerful Image

Posted 27 August 2024 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Word of the trouble spread around/One day a man came to my town/I was in the kitchen when my Pa let him in/He shook my hand, said, “Son, the Klan’s your friend””

Going through a Bruce Springsteen phase right now (“Born in the USA” was the first cassette I ever owned so talk about full circle!) Here’s a wild unreleased demo I came across via a book about the making of that seminal album… “The Klansman” – Bruce Springsteen

Posted 19 August 2024 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Still Alive (But Still Taking A Blog Holiday)

We were camping for most of July in a place where Internet signal is pretty crappy (two bars max at all times and basically unusable on weekends when the park is full) plus life has been busy with a variety of things: * Buying a new vehicle/selling our old van * Inlaws downsizing their home […]

Posted 09 August 2024 § Blog § Family § Photo § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Back From Camping…

…and lots of amazing moments and memories: * Great visit with Shea’s cousin and family who are back from New Zealand for a month * About ten books on my “To Read During Camping” list.  (One book, not even on my list, is all I get read – thought I do work through a 377 […]

Posted 23 July 2024 § Family § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Gone Camping (July 2020)

Blogging will be very limited for the next few weeks as I focus on the important things in life such as reading, walking the dog, barbecuing hot dogs and other such pursuits.

Posted 27 June 2024 § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,