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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 […]

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Tragedies like this simply don’t need to happen. Please give if you can…

¶ Posted 25 June 2019 § Family § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

Raptors Parade Highlights in Eight Minutes

Pretty amazing spectacle.

¶ Posted 18 June 2019 § Canada § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, ontario

Music Monday – “But you say it in a Tweet, that’s a cop-out/And I’m just like, “Hey, are you okay?””

“You Need To Calm Down” – Taylor Swift

¶ Posted 17 June 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Kevin Durant on Hot Ones

Lots of controversy about people cheering with Kevin Durant got re-injured during the Raptors game on Monday night. I have to be honest – my initial instinct was to cheer too, for a whole host of reasons: Since he’s one of the Warriors best players and a former two-time playoff MVP, I knew Durant being […]

¶ Posted 11 June 2019 § Canada § Humour § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health

Music Monday – “Started from the bottom, now we’re here/Started from the bottom, now my whole team fuckin’ here”

I know this song isn’t technically about the Raptors but since it’s written by their biggest celebrity fan and the lyrics (sorta) fit, I thought I’d post it. “Started From The Bottom” – Drake

¶ Posted 10 June 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, ontario

How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2019 § Canada § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, ontario

Friday Fun Link – A People Map of the Most Wikipedia Searched Person in Each Major City in the US

Who is the most searched resident of each city in the US on Wikipedia?

¶ Posted 31 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, unitedstates, wikipedia

Friday Fun Link – What’s the Secret of the Most Successful Jeopardy Champion of All-Time? The Children’s Library!

James Holzhauer hasn’t caught Ken Jennings in terms of number of victories in a row but he’s setting records for most money won per game which is arguably a more impressive achievement? His secret? Studying easy-to-read introductory books on a wide variety of subjects at the children’s library!

¶ Posted 03 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education, television

10 Thoughts From The @sask_ndp #yqr Coronation Park Nomination Meeting #skpoli

Shea and I went to the Sask NDP’s Coronation Park Nomination Meeting tonight and it was wilder than we ever expected – over 400 rowdy people crammed into Thom Collegiate’s auditorium to hear from three candidates – April Bourgeois, Noor Burki, and Chris Gust – and choose the person who will represent our home constituency […]