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Category Archives: MemoryLane

Some Quick Thoughts On The Stabbing at Lynn Valley Public Library in North Vancouver

Shea and I often talk about how strange it is that librarians are one of the few professions where practitioners actively visit local examples of their workplace in other communities when traveling (she doesn’t have a strong desire to visit hospitals in other places when on a holiday – that’s for sure!). I think there’s […]

Posted 28 March 2021 § Jobs § Library § Pace § Photo § Sad § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Future Rapper? (October 2010)

Pace appears well positioned for a career making hip hop videos…

Posted 25 March 2021 § Humour § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – First Shorts of the Year?

For some reason, I’ve made a point to note the first day of snow every year pretty much since I started this blog. But with beautiful +14 weather on the last day of winter, I wonder if I missed an opportunity to also record the first day I wore shorts outside each spring?

Posted 20 March 2021 § Blog § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § News § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Pogues – Live at the Town & Country Club (1988)

Posted 17 March 2021 § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pandemic Anniversary (March 11, 2020)

Hard to believe that March 11 is the one year anniversary of the WHO declaring Covid-19 a worldwide pandemic. I thought it was perfect that it fell on a Throwback Thursday as I was sure I’d likely have a lot of appropriate photos from that momentous day a year ago that I could post. But […]

Posted 11 March 2021 § Humour § List § News § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

R.E.M.’s “Out of Time” Turns 30

“Out of Time” is probably one of the most significant albums of my youth which always seemed to be playing in the background of some of the memorable parties and events of my life when I was in Grade 11/12. Hard to believe it’s been out for 30 years which means I’m 47 going on […]

Posted 10 March 2021 § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Year Ago, This Was Our Last Normal Week And Nobody Knew It

I mean, a year ago to the day, I was making jokes about “Corona” virus using Mexican beers as a prop so Covid was definitely on my radar. But no, I did not expect a full shutdown of most parts of society, working from home for months, wearing mask for the bulk of the year, […]

Posted 07 March 2021 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Unfinished Business”

The floundering Flames shocked the hockey world by firing their coach late Thursday night (after a victory even!) and announcing that former coach, Darryl Sutter, who led them to the game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004 before coming up short, would be retaking the reins of the team. That run was when […]

Posted 05 March 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,