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Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]

Posted 20 May 2014 § Family § Humour § Infographic § List § Randomness § Sports § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “How I wonder where you are”

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” as a history of recorded music… “Twinkle Twinkle” – Scott Brandlee

Posted 19 May 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Pro Wrestling 101

Former WWE B-level star, Justin Credible is releasing a great series of videos covering all kinds of behind-the-scenes info about the world of pro wrestling…  

Posted 16 May 2014 § FridayFunLink § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Humour § Politics § Sad § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “Christians have their hymns and pages/Hava nagila’s for the Jews/Baptists have the Rock of Ages/Atheists just sing the blues”

A co-worker sent me this knowing I’d get a kick out of it… “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” – Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

Posted 05 May 2014 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Coldplay Sends Fans on Quest to Find Hidden Lyrics in Libraries

No matter what you think of Coldplay, this is a pretty cool idea that might promote libraries to some folks who otherwise wouldn’t come through our doors (although as one librarian quipped, “I hope they make a donation to help cover the costs of a bunch of crazed fans ripping the stacks apart!”)

Posted 30 April 2014 § Library § Randomness § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The Most Famous Book Set In Each of the 50 States

Earlier this week, I posted an infographic of the most famous brand from each US state. Soon after, I came across a similar graphic which features (arguably) the most famous book set in every state…

Posted 25 April 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin Gives a NSFW Defense of Gay Marriage

Hell yeah! (h/t to JK or FB)

Posted 23 April 2014 § Censorship § Humour § Politics § Sports § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “C’mon, C’mon”

Here’s a clip of the band we went to see last Friday night. The name of the song isn’t given and I feel like my 17 year old self listening to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” trying to make out the lyrics so you only get the most basic of lyric excerpts as the title of […]

Posted 21 April 2014 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – “Who Needs A God When You’ve Got Satan”

  There’s a certain level of irony that I spent part of my Good Friday watching a band from just behind a guy who was wearing a “Who Needs God When You’ve Got Satan” t-shirt. 😉 But I should probably back up a bit… Shea and I spent Friday doing a bunch of spring cleaning […]

Posted 19 April 2014 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § Photo ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,