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Music Monday – “My therapist said not to see you no more/She said you’re like a disease without any cure/She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no/Ah, you think you’re so pretty”

“Laid” – James (with Johnny Marr)

¶ Posted 03 August 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Racist Saskatchewan Town Names? White City? Indian Head?

@joeljeffreycomedian The first time you drive through Saskatchewan canada yxe yqr canadian #standupcomedy ? original sound – Joel Jeffrey – Joel Jeffrey

¶ Posted 28 July 2026 § Humour § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Music Monday – “But hope to fix the game for none but self and kin and clan/you’ll falter as you tread upon the back of common man”

“Beware” – Wax Mannequin

¶ Posted 27 July 2026 § Canada § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Full BBC Sound Library

BBC literally built the greatest sound library on the internet. It is called BBC Sound Effects, and it gives you access to more than 30,000 recordings from around the world. Just search any word, and it instantly finds matching sounds. You can filter them by category,… pic.twitter.com/txcUqF4800 — Ihtesham Ali (@ihteshamali) July 22, 2026

¶ Posted 24 July 2026 § FridayFunLink § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Wisdom Wednesday – We Are All Acting

Marlon Brando once told Dick Cavett that everyone on Earth is an actor. Then he proved it, live on air, by dissecting Cavett himself. It remains one of the most disarming exchanges in talk show history. Cavett opened by pressing Brando on something he had read for years: that… pic.twitter.com/5X1m2HzmnU — History Nerd (@_HistoryNerd) […]

¶ Posted 22 July 2026 § Jobs § News § Politics § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

The Beautiful Delay: Why Soccer Still Grips The Smartphone-Trained Brain

This essay showed up on my FB timeline from some guy called John Gregory I thought it was pretty insightful so am re-posting… After watching Portugal register just one shot on goal during the Portugal-DR Congo World Cup match the other day, I scratched my head over how soccer can be the world’s most popular […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Sasha § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, education, television

Friday Fun Link – Stay in an AirBnB, Run a Bookstore!

The “Open Book” is a combination AirB&B and bookstore in Scotland where guests can spend their visit running the bookstore below the apartment! @chrislawlor The Open Book in Scotland ? Library Poets – Lysander

¶ Posted 19 June 2026 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § Photo § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, economics, holiday

Wisdom Wednesday – “I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed. I am reading books that bring me back to being human.”

Luckily, if you work in a library, all reading is work-related! 😉 I hate when people at work ask you what books you are reading for professional development. I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed. I am reading books that bring me back to being human. — ??? ???? (@OrevaZSN) […]