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Friday Fun Link – Ram Ranch (NSFW)

I’m not sure what I’ve been listening to or what I’ve done wrong in my life generally but had to chuckle when this song I never heard before came up on the “Shuffle” play mode of my streaming service driving home from work the other day. Good thing the person beside me at the red […]

¶ Posted 24 September 2021 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: freedomtoreadweek, music

“Heels” Trailer

I find it hilarious that my wife wasn’t going to watch this wrestling-based TV series until Ben Mulroney of all people recommended it on the CTV Morning News! (Of course I also find it funny that Ben Mulroney is recommending this behind-the-scenes wrestling show which has lots of violence – as you’d expect – and […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2021 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Shea § Sports § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television

Friday Fun Link – The Role of the Crowd in Pro Wrestling

Love the way the crowd is an active participant in these two recent clips from AEW. Even if you don’t know the wrestlers or the storylines and back story to these clips, you can’t help but feel the energy… CM Punk Debuts After Seven Years Away From Wrestling: Bryan Danielson Challenges Kenny Omega:

¶ Posted 17 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, sports

Seth Meyers Remembers Norm MacDonald

¶ Posted 15 September 2021 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, language

Music Monday – “I’m just a singer of simple songs/I’m not a real political man/I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you/The difference in Iraq and Iran” or “Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list/And the Statue of Liberty started shakin’ her fist/And the eagle will fly man, it’s gonna be hell/When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell”

Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry? Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got […]

¶ Posted 13 September 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, music, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – World Tag Championships

This is pretty cool!

¶ Posted 10 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Photo § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, health

Music Monday – “And Cody says, ‘He didn’t raise the dead’ Says ‘religion’s just a trick/To keep hard-working folks in line”/He says it makes his stomach sick.”

“Cody” – The Killers

¶ Posted 06 September 2021 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, music

Friday Fun Link – Pick The 10 Most Unrelated Nouns You Can Think Of

This is fun. I’ll post the 10 words I picked below and my results but would encourage you click that link before looking at my answers so you’re going in fresh and unbiased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . […]

¶ Posted 03 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Meme § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

“The Walls Are Closing In On The Unvaccinated”

An Angus Reid poll showed that 75 per cent of Canadians agreed with the statement “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who chose not to be vaccinated and then got COVID-19.” In B.C., 53 per cent favoured making vaccines mandatory in public places to make life harder for unvaccinated people, while another […]