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Category Archives: PopCulture

Friday Fun Link – How Much Do Musicians Make From Streaming?

Not “really” fun, especially if you’re a musician, but this tool is definitely interesting to estimate how much musicians gets compensated for their streaming music and how the amounts differ depending on the service.

Posted 23 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

It’s Not Music Monday…

…but it’s 4/20 so that makes it Toke Tuesday, right? 😉

Posted 20 April 2021 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I want a new drug, one that won’t make me sick/One that won’t make me crash my car/Or make me feel three-feet thick/I want a new drug, one that won’t hurt my head/One that won’t make my mouth too dry/Or make my eyes too red”

Every single thing I felt in the days after being vaccinated are things I might feel on a typical day – slight headache, minor fatigue, achy muscles, etc. – so overall, think I faired quite well! 😉 “I Want A New Drug” – Huey Lewis

Posted 19 April 2021 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – The Jeopardy Archive

A comprehensive archive of every question ever in the history of Jeopardy is nerd-paradise. (Librarians are 14th in lifetime winnings by career-type though I’d like to see this graph on a per capita basis too.)

Posted 16 April 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Peaky Blinders” Trailer (and some quick thoughts on what makes a series bingeable)

As mentioned yesterday, Peaky Blinders is Shea and my’s current viewing obsession. Here’s a taste… Watching this show now and over the years, a series of buzzed upon shows ranging from “Breaking Bad” to “The Wire” to “Sons of Anarchy” to “Yellowstone” along with various others which fit in that “Must Watch” category, I wondered […]

Posted 13 April 2021 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Oh help me Jesus/Come through this storm/I had to lose her/To do her harm”

Shea and I are now onto “Peaky Blinders” for our latest must-watch TV series (what’s the opposite of binging where you watch one or two episodes a night, slowly, over time?) and part of the appeal is a kick-ass soundtrack… “Down By The Water” – PJ Harvey

Posted 12 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – No, Jesus Wasn’t White

 

Posted 11 April 2021 § Humour § Meme § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Big Library: Books About Basic Income

This idea is growing in awareness and after the rush to create CERB a year ago, more and more people are seeing the benefit of some form of a universal guaranteed income. This is a great list of books to learn more about different aspects of the idea.

Posted 09 April 2021 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

My Garage Lights Are Smarter Than I Am

I’m getting more and more interested in smart devices with my most recent purchase being three smart floodlights which I installed in my garage so that the neighbours can enjoy my obsession too! Easter… Calgary Flames Game Night… Anniversary of Humboldt Broncos Tragedy…

Posted 07 April 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Do you call it as you see it and you’ve always been that way?/Are you reminiscent of how things were back in the day?/Are you agitated with the young’uns always wanting change?/Well here’s your invite to a group of folks like you and me”

“Support Local” takes many forms.  With the lack of live music, why not support a local musician or band by buying their songs (especially a timely one like this one which also has a great video!)   “Pity Party – Blake Berglund

Posted 05 April 2021 § MusicMonday § Politics § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,