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King of Pop Dies

There's tons of commentary all over the web after the news broke that Michael Jackson died today.  I don't have much to add but here's a couple random thoughts….– like probably a million people, “Thriller” was my first “real” record (I'm not counting Mini-Pops and crap like that – er, except I loved the Mini-Pops […]

Posted 26 June 2009 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A Trailer For "The Road" (May 22, 2009)

I haven't looked this forward to a movie since probably “Batman: Dark Knight” which completely lived up to my expectations plus more.  I hope this one does the same – one of the best books I've read (and re-read) in the past year or two.

Posted 23 May 2009 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – "If there was one book you could read again for the first time, what would it be?" (May 8, 2009)

Ask.Reddit has some interesting responses to the question “If you could read one book again for the first time, what would it be?” Hmm, one book?  There are a few that pop into my head and it's pretty hard to pick just one.  Whenever asked the other impossible-to-answer book question, “What's your favourite book of […]

Posted 09 May 2009 § Library § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Barack Obama Reads "Where The Wild Things Are" at the White House Easter Egg Hunt

Pretty good technique…is there anything this man can't do?(Thanks to Pam J. for the link via Facebook)

Posted 16 April 2009 § Main Page § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "I was sitting there watching TV/Wendy came and sat on my knee."

In honour of the last episode of “Corner Gas” tonight, here's one of my favourite songs by the Odds, the former band of Craig Northey who wrote the “Corner Gas” theme song, “Not A Lot Going On”. (Unfortunately, the clip is from MuchMoreMusic who have more crap around the edge of the screen than the […]

Posted 14 April 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Free Music Archive (April 10, 2009)

The Free Music Archive is a social music website built around a curated library of free, legal audio…we're working towards an open source model and your feedback will help us get there. We'll also be honing our Help/FAQ pages based on your input, so please let us know what you think!

Posted 11 April 2009 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Video to MP3 Convertor

Sometimes you come across a really cool song on YouTube that you know you'll never get via iTunes or even the P2P filesharing services.  That's where Video2MP3.net comes in.  Copy the YouTube URL into this site, hit enter and a few minutes later, there's a downloadable link to a 128kbps version of the song you […]

Posted 28 March 2009 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – "You Always Double Down on 11" (March 14, 2009)

Apparently they had cameras following me around in Vegas.  Here's a clip from the upcoming documentary…

Posted 14 March 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

I'm Published…Sort of

I've mentioned one of the all-time most popular Ask Metafilter threads on this blog before – “What childhood experience most shaped who you are today?”  It's a a great one that I go back to with some regularity, and especially now that I have a child of my own.  A few months back, I was […]

Posted 02 March 2009 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2009 – "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" (Feb 26, 2009)

A great documentary I'd highly recommend…

Posted 26 February 2009 § Censorship § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: