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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Miss America (March 2009)

Happy (?) Fourth of July. I think I’ve mentioned that Shea’s and my “mini protest’ after Trump was elected was deciding not to go to the USA – mostly because of him but also because I just found the USA to be increasingly at odds with my personal values in general – from the gun […]

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Live Aid (1985) Scene Comparison

This is pretty cool!

¶ Posted 02 July 2019 § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

Music Monday – “Well, Canada’s been good to us/We’ve a living and a home/We’ve all got central heating air/And most are on the phone/I’m a citizen of both countries/And very proud to be/For the thistle and the maple leaf/Are the emblems of the free”

Happy Canada Day! I recently re-discovered this photo of myself and four other four Canadians on exchange to the University College of Ripon & York St. John (say that three times fast!) in 1995. I can’t remember the impetus for our fashion choice – maybe at a dance or for the new student orientation? – […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2019 § Canada § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Goodbye to Our Babysitter (and Some Thoughts On A Lucky Life)

When I did my ten part series on the things that have been major factors in making me who I am today, I thought about finishing with a post about a few things – liberals tend to think in terms of “privilege”, right wingers might think of it as “hard work”, the superstitious might just […]

¶ Posted 26 June 2019 § Jobs § LibrarySchool § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, parents

Regina Northeast Community Association Family Fair & BBQ

I got to spend a few hours this afternoon at the annual summer fair of one of the community associations my library serves. There’d been a forecast of rain but the day turned out to be beautiful and I it was great fun to spend time with a bunch of my regular patrons, meet a […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2019 § Humour § Library § Politics § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Nickle Lake (October 2015)

¶ Posted 20 June 2019 § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Raptors Win NBA Chamionship!

I used to be a pretty big basketball fan in high school but admit I’ve gotten away from the game. But really enjoyed jumping on the bandwagon for the Raptors amazing playoff run that ended last night with them capturing the championship. (Saw an interesting piece of trivia – Leafs won their last Stanley Cup […]

¶ Posted 14 June 2019 § Canada § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go Raptors Go! (May 2017)

Pace and some of his friends trying out the new Raptors Junior Basketball Hoop that he got for his birthday a couple years ago…

¶ Posted 13 June 2019 § Canada § Pace § Photo § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell Aunt Sandi! (May 2008)

For the past few weeks, we’ve had another good visit with my Aunt Sandi who comes out from BC every spring to spend time with us. Here’s a shot from one of her first visits the year Pace turned one…

¶ Posted 06 June 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

I’ve got a mini-Beatles/music theme going on the past couple days (so much so that when I looked at my post about the Mi’kmaq version of “Blackbird” yesterday, I thought it *was* my Music Monday post and I’d somehow missed posting on Tuesday!) Anyhow, to keep the theme going, here’s a YouTube video about one […]