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Comedians on Censorship and PC/Cancel Culture

¶ Posted 22 March 2023 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Dildo, Newfoundland’s Slogan Is…

“There’s No Place Like Dildo” Can you imagine? So booorrrring! Did they not realise what a goldmine of a city name they were sitting on compared to most Canadian cities? The right slogan and boom – right to Jimmy Kimmel! (Gotta be honest – when Shea and I were in Newfoundland for a wedding about […]

¶ Posted 21 March 2023 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, language

Secular Sunday – First Ever Oscars Award Show Where No Winner Thanked God?

According to r/atheism (who helpfully post links to videos/transcripts of all speeches as proof), no winners thanked God in their acceptance speeches at the Oscars last Sunday – the first time that’s ever happened!

¶ Posted 19 March 2023 § MemoryLane § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, history, movies, television

White Lotus Official Trailer

Shea and I broke down and ordered Crave again after having it a few years ago but letting it slide. This show was a big reason why we wanted it (along with “Last of Us” which is our next binge)…

¶ Posted 15 March 2023 § Internet § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, television

Music Monday – “You’ve got your mother in a whirl ’cause she’s/Not sure if you’re a boy or a girl/Hey babe, your hair’s alright/Hey babe, let’s stay out tonight”

“Rebel Rebel” – David Bowie

¶ Posted 13 March 2023 § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Secular Sunday – I’m Very Concerned About Grooming Children Who Are Too Young to Make Decisions For Themselves

https://twitter.com/imposter_edits/status/1630436668535652354?s=43&t=DRVuSkx9v_g3lycT0Db-KA

¶ Posted 12 March 2023 § News § SecularSunday § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education

Friday Fun Link – Archive of All Wordle Answers

I haven’t been doing the Wordle regularly like I used to but still occasionally do it. And it recently occurred to me that if you have a regular “starting word” and you looked at an archive of all previous Wordle solutions, that would let you know if there was still a chance you might hit […]

¶ Posted 10 March 2023 § Meme § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

With Apologies to William Carlos Williams (aka Emails I Send To Branch Staff)

This Is Just To Say I have drank the diet ginger ale that was in the SV icebox And which might have belonged to you Forgive me if it was yours I could not remember If it was mine (There are also a couple Coke Zeros in there that might be mine too – let […]

¶ Posted 07 March 2023 § Humour § Library § Randomness § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, language

Music Monday – “I just wanna feel real love/Feel the home that I live in/’Cause I got too much life/Running through my veins/Going to waste”

When Shea and I got married on the beach in Mexico in 2003, this song was in heavy rotation on one of the music channels in our hotel room. (In fact, I briefly thought she might call off the wedding to pursue Robbie Williams. Or if she didn’t, I might as he’s just that damn […]