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 […]
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(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 […]
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.
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 […]
(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!
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!
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? – […]
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 […]
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 […]