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Music Monday – “I say, “High”, you say, “Low”/You say, “Why?”/And I say, “I don’t know”/Oh, no!”

Awesomely fitting farewell from Stephen Colbert and “The Late Show”… “Jump Up/Hello Goodbye” – Stephen Colbert, Paul McCartney and Friends

Posted 25 May 2026 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Who Exactly Is Teaching Kids About “Socialism”?

A bit of a different take on secularism.  But since it’s usually heavily religious conservative people yelling “Socialism!” at anything they don’t like, I’ll allow it…

Posted 24 May 2026 § Jobs § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Andy Serkis Reading Trump Tweets in Gollum’s Voice

Andy Serkis reading Trump's tweets in Gollum's voice is the best thing you'll see on social media today. pic.twitter.com/Ql8SxRO5mT — Vatnik Soup (@P_Kallioniemi) May 12, 2026

Posted 22 May 2026 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

Posted 21 May 2026 § Blog § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Misadventure in Iran

Just incredible background and context to the butterfly effect of Trump’s egomaniacal disaster in Iran. https://t.co/0WNTcFvv5f — Dean Blundell?? (@ItsDeanBlundell) March 26, 2026

Posted 31 March 2026 § News § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – The American Taliban Is Now Running the Pentagon

…and really the whole US government.  <ThisIsFine.jpg> The American Taliban is now running the Pentagon byu/Neptuneblue1 inatheism  

Posted 29 March 2026 § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Should five percent appear too small/Be thankful I don’t take it all/’Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman.”

“Taxman” – The Beatles

Posted 23 March 2026 § Library § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § UK § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Are You In The Game or Playing The Game?

Easily one of my favourite posters on TikTok.  This theory has a bit of the Red Pill/Blue Pill stuff that’s from the Matrix but in a less incel/nihlistic way of looking at things – more like “You know this is all not real.  It has no meaning.  So just enjoying playing the game.” @nononsensespirituality #nononsensespirituality […]

Posted 22 March 2026 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]

Posted 20 March 2026 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Film Tax Credit Cuts Protest (May 2012)

There have been a lot of mistakes, a lot of missteps and a lot of deficit budgets.  But cutting the Sask Film Tax Credit is arguably the single most negative impact the Sask Party has had on our province – chasing away film production and the skilled people who worked in the industry *just* as […]

Posted 19 March 2026 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,