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Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

TedxRegina

After an extremely long day, I’m pretty tired. Hopefully I’ll revisit my TedxRegina experience in the next day or two. But for now…

¶ Posted 16 May 2012 § Humour § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Thought you’d do right by me/But who am I kidding/You’re the Sask Party/Shows like Corner Gas/I guess you don’t remember.”

I went to the massive rally by the Saskatchewan film industry at noon today and it was quite the spectacle. In Saskatchewan, when we have protests, it tends to be farmers rolling their tractors up to the Legislature that creates a big scene. But the film community, as you might expect given their skills, put […]

¶ Posted 14 May 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music, saskatchewan

George Carlin’s Greatest Moment

Definitely one of them…

¶ Posted 10 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, history, language, rant, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Forgot a Song? Just Hum It!

Midomi is a really cool site that lets you hum or whistle the melodies of songs you’ve forgotten and it will try to provide a match. I was able to get it to recognize a Beatles song and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” but had less success with a couple other (slightly) lesser-known songs. But […]

¶ Posted 04 May 2012 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

“There’s a bear…strung up. I assume murdered. Maybe a suicide. I dunno.”

Christopher Walken read’s “Where The Wild Things Are“. Probably a fake but either way, wow, just wow.

¶ Posted 02 May 2012 § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, language, movies

Happy May Day!

You’ll see this graphic a lot more in a couple days as “May the Fourth Be With You”. But I think this variation is quite appropriate for May Day:

¶ Posted 01 May 2012 § Humour § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, movies

Music Monday – “When all is said and done/We’re not the first to be here/There’s nothing new underneath the sun.”

A co-worker told me about this really cool Nashville-based, jazz-funk band called “Here Come The Mummies” who apparently play in costume to hide the fact that they’re all under contract to different labels as session musicians…

¶ Posted 30 April 2012 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, unitedstates

Ten Gorgeous Buildings Made Out of Books

This not a metaphor (okay, maybe the last one.) (via MetaFilter)

¶ Posted 29 April 2012 § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, cute, weather

Saturday Snap – 2012 Sask Book Awards

Sorry this photo is a bit blurry but it’s a shot of the prize table before the Sask Book Awards Gala last night. I attended as a volunteer and had a blast as always. My main duty was sitting at the nominee registration table so it felt like “old home week” as I got to […]