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Friday Fun Link – You About To Lose Yo Job (Remix)

The situation in the US with the blatant police brutality and absence of any restraint or empathy in the actions of many police officers. But there are moments of levity including this “dance remix” of a protester who informed a police officer that he was about to lose his job because he was illegally detaining […]

Posted 05 June 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “They have the authority to kill a minority/Fuck that shit, ’cause I ain’t the one/For a punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun” (And Some Random Thoughts on The US Situation)

“Fuck The Police” – NWA Here’s a few other random thoughts about what’s happening in the US the past few days after the murder of unarmed black man, George Floyd, by a group of Minneapolis Police Officers. * I honestly thought that the US was on the verge of something ugly (uglier?) because of COVID-19 […]

Posted 01 June 2020 § List § MusicMonday § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Thinking About That One Time A Cop Threatened To Beat Up Me and My Friends in High School

It’s obviously *very* different for myself as a middle-class white kid who grew up in a small town on the Canadian prairies compared to what’s happening to black people of all ages over and over again in cities across the US. But I had one particular experience in high school that showed me how easy […]

Posted 31 May 2020 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Reasons Libraries Should Begin Re-opening (and Five Reasons They Shouldn’t)

In a time of unprecedented challenges, the big debate in libraryland is how/when libraries should reopen. There are good reasons on both sides of the ledger but as Saskatchewan libraries inch closer to reopening, here’s a few of the main ones… LIBRARIES *SHOULD* BEGIN RE-OPENING 1. The single biggest reason libraries should be reopening is […]

Posted 27 May 2020 § Library § List § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

NHL Announces Reopening Plan!

There are still a lot of details to be worked out but the NHL has announced a very rough plan for what reopening would look like… season is officially over 24 teams eligible for playoffs one “play-in” round before going to the normal 16-team format games to be held in two “hub” cities with players […]

Posted 26 May 2020 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to the use of “Lean On Me” as the final group song.  Great song, classic for a reason – sure.  But it just felt misplaced to have a […]

Posted 25 May 2020 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Donald Trump Sings R.E.M.

This is too funny to wait for Music Monday…

Posted 13 May 2020 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a century, and which I’d served on the board of directors of for nearly a decade, entered bankruptcy protection in late February. I’ll likely do a longer post […]

Posted 12 May 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “The joint is really jumpin’, the cats are going wild/The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style,”

One of the greatest, most influential rock stars of all-time… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfyPVwE68Y “Ready Teddy” – Little Richard

Posted 11 May 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Which Prime Minister Are You?

A fun little quiz where you answer a few questions and it’ll tell you which Canadian Prime Minister’s personality you align with the most. I’m apparently Wilfred Laurier…  

Posted 08 May 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Meme § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: