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Music Monday – “Marched into the capital brooding duplicitous/Wicked and able, media-ready/Heartless, and labeled/Super US citizen, super achiever/Mega ultra power dosing, relax/Defense, defense, defense, defense”

Originally about the Reagan years but the sentiment applies to most right-wing governments including Trump’s… “Ignoreland” – R.E.M. (Side note: “Ignoreland” is my least favourite song on probably my most favourite album of all-time. Wish it had been on “Monster” instead.)

Saturday Snap – New Glasses, Who Dis?

“I like the Beatles and I like books – do you have anything that will make me look like a cross between John Lennon and Harry Potter?” “We have just the thing, sir…”

¶ Posted 09 January 2021 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Friday Fun Link – “Songbird” Trailer

How did I miss that Michael Bay had produced a Covid-19 themed movie early during the pandemic that started production in May 2020 and was released in December? The reviews are predictably bad but I’d probably still watch it.

¶ Posted 08 January 2021 § FridayFunLink § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, movies, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Spent last year like you’re under a curse/Better get better cuz it can’t get worse/Unless you’re riding in the back of a hearse”

“Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year” – The Rescues

¶ Posted 04 January 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music

Secular Sunday – Ricky Gervais and Stephen Colbert Debate Religion

¶ Posted 03 January 2021 § Humour § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, philosophy, science

FutureMe: Letters To The Future

I recently heard about this site that lets you write letters to yourself at some point in the future. The idea is for teachers to use it with students, grandparents with grandkids, spouses to each other or pretty much any combination you can think of. You have the option to make your letter public but […]

¶ Posted 01 January 2021 § Family § Internet § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, history

Google’s 2020 Year in Search (And A Couple Other Year-in-Review Compilations Too)

And since it was such a memorable year, I’ll add a couple other “year in review” compilations…

¶ Posted 29 December 2020 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Randomness § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “It’s been a hell of a year/How did you see/Who I was and who I was gonna be/I could’ve been right was probably wrong/So many nights wishing I could go home”

This is a song about the end of a relationship but man, that title is perfect for the final “Music Monday” of 2021… “Hell of a Year” – Parker McCollum