Hard to believe Oasis’ “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory” album is 25 years old being released in the fall of 1995. Oasis was basically a one-hit wonder in North America for most people but I was fortunate to be in England in fall 1995 on a University exchange which was during the height of the […]
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10 Things I Would Write About If I Had More Energy
Death of Ruth Bader-Ginsburg My Latest Thoughts on Covid Watching the Emmys Revamped for Covid How Pace Made Most of a Roast Chicken Supper Tonight Some Thoughts on Pro Sports During Covid – NHL, NBA, MLB, NFL, CFL The US Election The Sask Provincial Election The Regina Municipal Election The New Tyler Childers Album (and […]
Saturday Snap – A Delayed Housewarming Gift
My parents dropped off a very cool housewarming gift the other day – a Century Family Farm plaque our family received on the 100th anniversary of my great-great grandfather homesteading our family farm in 1883 – framed in barn boards from that same farm. We got the plaque in 1983 (I think the same year […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Favourite US Trip? (January 2012)
After last week’s post thinking back to the last time I think I traveled to the US, I thought it’d be fun to also highlight what was probably my favourite US trip ever for another “Throwback Thursday” post. I was very fortunate to have parents who loved traveling and growing up, I got to travel […]
Pro Wrestling Territories in the United States: A Brief History
If you’re a pro wrestling fan like I am, you’ll appreciate this walk down memory lane…
Saturday Snap – Sarcan Situation
I can’t remember the last time Shea and I took recycling to Sarcan but I’m pretty sure it was before Covid and possibly not since around *last* Christmas since we only take cans every few months once they build up. Of course with Sarcan having been shut down for a few months plus our somewhat […]
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Minot Wal-Mart (April 2012)
With the Canada-US border closed for the foreseeable future, I was trying to figure out the last time I went to the States. For awhile there in the early 2010’s, I’d say we ended up going about once or twice a year, either to Williston which is just over the border or Minot, which is […]
Netflix CEO Writes A Book
Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]