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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy Birthday To Me! (July 2014)

 

Posted 18 July 2019 § Family § Pace § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Flooded Campsite

When we got to Nickle Lake Regional Park last Friday, we could see that there’d been a big downpour and there was a lot of standing water in some of the lower lying areas of the campground. When we got to our site, there was a bit of water in our site but nothing major […]

Posted 17 July 2019 § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Everybody’s talking about bagism”

  Shea and I went to “Yesterday” as my annual birthday movie tonight and it got me thinking about how long I’ve been a Beatles fan (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed in university) and how long I’ve been using computers (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed when I […]

Posted 16 July 2019 § Family § Internet § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Disappointed I Didn’t Win The Canada Day Contest This Year

I can’t find a reference to it on my blog which is sort of surprising since I’ll take any validation I can get! But anyhow, last year, the campground we have a seasonal site had a Canada Day decorating contest and since we were new and wanted to make a good impression, we went all […]

Posted 13 July 2019 § Canada § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

46 Movies That Are So Clever, They’ll Have You Thinking For Days

I’ve probably only seen about half of the movies on this list but still think this is film at its best.

Posted 10 July 2019 § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

An Early Contender For My Favourite Book of the Year? @thejagmeetsingh #canpoli #cndpoli

I read Jagmeet Singh’s autobiography in pretty much a single sitting at our campsite this weekend and really enjoyed it. Obviously I’m a fan of Singh but I think this book would be one that anyone who enjoys memoirs would enjoy and learn from, whether they liked the NDP or not. * before it was […]

Posted 09 July 2019 § Canada § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

(Belated) Secular Sunday – America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches

America has an epidemic of abandoned churches but they could always look to convert them into libraries!

Posted 07 July 2019 § Library § United States § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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 […]

Posted 04 July 2019 § Family § News § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

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

This is pretty cool!  

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

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: ,