Category Archives: PopCulture

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…

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

What’s The One Book You’ve Recommended To People More Than Any Other Over The Past 10 Years?

I love threads like this… What’s the one book you’ve recommended to people more than any other over the past 10 years? — Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) August 17, 2022 (I’m not sure what my answer would be – maybe “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy for fiction and “A Brief History of (Nearly) Everything” by Bill […]

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

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

Friday Fun Link – Bookordle

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

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

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

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.

Music Monday – “Wake up, it’s a beautiful morning/The sun shining for your eyes/Wake up, it’s so beautiful/For what could be the very last time”

Obviously an impossible question but whenever there’s a “What’s your favourite song of all-time” question, I always pick “Find The River” by R.E.M. I love how melancholy and poetic and longing that song is. There’s another song that’s in my Top 10 and which is probably a contender for number one – “Wake Up Boo!” […]