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Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You and me have seen everything to see/From Bangkok to Calgary/And the soles of your shoes are all worn down/The time for sleep is now”

  “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” – Death Cab for Cutie (cover)

Posted 22 March 2021 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Covid-19: A Year in Review

But remembering the past is also a way of believing that this moment will someday be the past. Which is to say, nostalgia for the past is also a way of believing in the future. Daydreaming about the After Times — the Before Times’s mythic counterpart — is in part an exercise in imagining what it will […]

Posted 18 March 2021 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § Politics § Randomness § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

The Pogues – Live at the Town & Country Club (1988)

Posted 17 March 2021 § MemoryLane § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]

Posted 16 March 2021 § Humour § Library § UK § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And if anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army/If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney/And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Kilkenney/And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny”

  “Whiskey in the Jar” – Irish Rovers

Posted 15 March 2021 § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

R.E.M.’s “Out of Time” Turns 30

“Out of Time” is probably one of the most significant albums of my youth which always seemed to be playing in the background of some of the memorable parties and events of my life when I was in Grade 11/12. Hard to believe it’s been out for 30 years which means I’m 47 going on […]

Posted 10 March 2021 § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Most Shocking Moments in the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Interview with Oprah

But of course the experts knew all along that it would be shocking! 😉  

Posted 09 March 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Reading Science Books = Future Astronaut?

Sasha’s pretty obsessed with this True/False book about the planets.  Future astronaut confirmed! 😉

Posted 06 March 2021 § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Twitter Account From The First Month of Covid (March 2020)

We’re into the same month as when Covid became real and the world shut-down mid-month so I’ll likely be posting a few different retrospective posts, whether it’s “Throwback Thursday” or not over the next few weeks. For example, here’s all my tweets from March 2020. I loved this tweet (but not that I managed a […]

Posted 04 March 2021 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,