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Music Monday – “You don’t know what it means to win/Come down and see me again/Been down one time/Been down two times/I’m never going back again

“Never Going Back Again” – Fleetwood Mac

Posted 03 November 2025 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “Get Behind Anything” (2025 Blue Jays Hype Video)

Posted 31 October 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – Halloween Surprise (Oct 2012)

Still one of my best “Creating Memories” dad moments. When he was little, Pace was massively into Batman.  So I went out to Spirit of Halloween the night before Halloween and bought a Robin costume which I wore to work then messaged Shea to send Pace out to the street in costume when I got […]

Posted 30 October 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Maybe There Is A God?

Because this is a god-like performance!  

Posted 19 October 2025 § Jobs § SecularSunday § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – A Pretty Fun Book Recommendation!

One of the library’s board members is also a regular volunteer for RPL’s Good Food Box Program which is offered in partnership with a local food security agency. During one of our regular chats, we talked about aging parents and, being a librarian to the core, I ended up recommending a book that I had […]

Posted 18 October 2025 § Library § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – The State of Book Publishing in Alberta

Though this recent clip only popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, it did remind me of my time in Alberta (2001-2004) when I worked with the Writers Guild of Alberta where part of my work included helping jointly plan the annual Alberta Book Awards with the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. Haven’t […]

Posted 16 October 2025 § Jobs § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Take me to the place where you go/Where nobody knows/If it’s night or day/Please don’t put your life in the hands/Of a rock ‘n’ roll band/Who’ll throw it all away.”

“(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” was released thirty years ago this week and after years of acrimony, Oasis is in the middle of a massive reunion tour with rumours that it’s going to be extended into 2026. One of the major highlights of my entire life was being in England in fall 1995 during the […]

Posted 29 September 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Returned In Three Days

Posted 28 September 2025 § Humour § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Author Dive

Came across the “Author Dive” site buried in a Reddit comment.  Enter ten of your favourite authors and it will provide a heat map of similar authors you might want to check out…

Posted 26 September 2025 § FridayFunLink § List § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Lawful Evil vs. Chaotic Evil: Understanding the Motivation of the Charlie Kirk Shooter

There is a far-right group called Turning Point USA led by Charlie Kirk and another, even more far-right group called Groypers, led by Charlie Fuentes and they are at war with each other, even while being at war with the wider world in various ways. This is a great explanation of why: @cybelecanterel A quick […]

Posted 16 September 2025 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Politics § Sad § Technology § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,