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RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § PopCulture § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, music

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

¶ Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § Meme § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, twitter

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Couches (March 2010)

Shea and I still have the cheap couches we bought at The Brick nearly a decade ago. They’re now ripped, stained and worn so we decided to take advantage of the Retirement Sale at local furniture institution, Alford’s, to buy some new furniture. It won’t arrive until early December and we’re excited to (finally) get […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2019 § Family § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways…

¶ Posted 13 November 2019 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

Music Monday – “Let us stray till break of day in love’s valley of dreams/Just you and I, a summer sky, a heavenly breeze kissin’ the trees

I honestly never knew this song had lyrics until I started putting together this post… “Moonlight Serenade” – Glenn Miller Orchestra

¶ Posted 11 November 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Moving Home (December 2006)

When I was accepted for grad school, we were pretty lucky to find an apartment that a young woman was giving up (I think she’d done a semester and became a “Christmas grad”) so when I started my program in January, we were not only able to assume her lease but buy out a lot […]

¶ Posted 07 November 2019 § LibrarySchool § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, ontario, travel

Did Dusty Rhodes’ Son Just Equal His Dad’s Best Promo?

In wrestling, Ric Flair had a character as a rich, arrogant, entitled asshole and one of his main rivals was Dusty Rhodes, a schlubby working man who was the “son of a plumber.” During one of their many feuds, Dusty delivered what is widely regarded as one of, if not the greatest, wrestling promos of […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2019 § PopCulture § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, wrestling

Music Monday – “Our house, was our castle and our keep/Our house, in the middle of our street/Our house, that was where we used to sleep”

“Our House” – Madness

¶ Posted 04 November 2019 § Family § MusicMonday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – #officialRPL Annual Report 1996 #yqr

One of the ladies in my branches’ “Celebrate Seniors!” program (she’s a model on page 2!) showed me an RPL annual report she recently rediscovered. Amazing stuff…

¶ Posted 31 October 2019 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

NHL #HeritageClassic Highlights

Wrong team won but with a few days to think about it, probably worth it to see a 3-on-3 overtime outdoors (pond hockey!) and would’ve been even better if it had gone to shootout too!