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Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]

Massive Ice Storm Hits Saskatchewan #skoutage

Pretty crazy day. The power was out from around 9am until early afternoon or even later across most of the southern half of the province. Most businesses, schools and other organizations (including the library) closed down (except for a couple branches that had power) for the day. Makes you appreciate that this is not a […]

¶ Posted 04 December 2018 § Library § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history, movies

Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates

This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.

¶ Posted 09 November 2018 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, unitedstates

Big Winners of 2018 Midterm Elections

Sure, this clip is from Fox News but with such a beautiful grammar error, how can I not post it? 😉

¶ Posted 07 November 2018 § Humour § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “The war has been incited/And guess what, you’re all invited/And you’re famous/Modernity has failed us”

“Love It If We Made It” – The 1975

¶ Posted 05 November 2018 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives

As we head towards a massively important election on Tuesday, I’ve been thinking about the differences between liberals and conservatives. Here’s a couple videos on the differences and why:

¶ Posted 04 November 2018 § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – New $245 Million Calgary Central Library Opens

As a former Calgarian who often worked closely with the city’s librarians via my role at the Writers Guild of Alberta (a highlight of my time in Calgary was being invited by one librarian to be her “community guest” at the opening of a new suburban branch that features a speech by well-known author and […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

“The reality is…my real name is Joe and I’ve been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it’s back.”

Pretty shocking development in the fake/real world of WWE, not only that top star Roman Reigns dropped his persona during the opening promo of RAW to announce he had leukemia, but also the revelation that he first battled leukemia *eleven years ago* and this wasn’t public knowledge and/or exploited by the WWE who have exploited pretty much everything […]