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Friday Fun Link – 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

With so much focus on the UK and the meaning of the Queen’s death, I’m reminded of the amazing opening ceremony from the 2012 Olympics in London which captured so many unique aspects of British life and culture (while also being a real thumb to the nose to the 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony!)

¶ Posted 16 September 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Politics § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, movies, music

One Reason I Wish Copyright Was Less Restrictive

It sounds like I’m joking but I honestly love the idea of things going into the public domain a lot earlier than they currently do so creators can put unique visions and ideas based on existing characters into the world…

¶ Posted 13 September 2022 § Internet § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: copyright, economics

Music Monday – “And yes, I let you use me from the day that we first met/But I’m not done yet/Falling for you, fool’s gold”

“Elizabeth My Dear & Fool’s Gold” – The Stone Roses

¶ Posted 12 September 2022 § MusicMonday § News § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, music

Music Monday – “Don’t wanna be bought/Don’t wanna be sold/Don’t wanna be talked down to/Don’t wanna be owned”

“Letters on the Marquee” – Vincent Neil Emerson

¶ Posted 22 August 2022 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

Music Monday – “Bone for bone, we are the same/Bones get tired, and they can’t carry all the weight/We can talk until you can’t even remember my name”

“Remembering” – Ashley Campbell

¶ Posted 01 August 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, language, music

Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

Here’s another Wordle clone that might just become part of my daily routine!

¶ Posted 29 July 2022 § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Music Monday – “I was thinking ’bout you crossing Southern Alberta/Canola fields at harvest time/Looked like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows/Brown rusty contour lines”

“Canola Fields” – James McMurtry

¶ Posted 25 July 2022 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, camping, holiday, music, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “We don’t know just what’s gone wrong/We’re trying to carry on/Going through a rough patch right now/Our whole world’s upside down.”

“Rough Patch” – Fred Eaglesmith

¶ Posted 04 July 2022 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

How To Win at Wordle Every Time

Two main strategies – use four words that are going to knock off 20 of the 26 most common letters in the alphabet then give you two guesses to pick the word or try to narrow it down to guess in the fewest tries as possible.