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Rolling Stone Revises Their Top 500 Albums List

It’s funny how much debate and controversy that these types of lists stir up considering it is literally impossible to say that “Abbey Road” (#5) or “Pet Sounds” (#2) or “What’s Going On?” (#1) are “better” than one or the other (though obviously “Abbey Road” is the greatest album of all-time!) 😉

Posted 23 September 2020 § List § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It’s called me belligerent, it’s took me for ignorant/But it ain’t never once made me scared just to be/Could you imagine just constantly worryin’/Kickin’ and fightin’, beggin’ to breathe?”

Okay, getting to one of the top o’ mind topics mentioned in my list yesterday – a new surprise album from Tyler Childers was released the other day.  It features eight instrumental fiddle tunes then a single “regular” song with lyrics calling for more kindness and understanding among citizens including many who listen to Childers […]

Posted 21 September 2020 § MusicMonday § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Pro Wrestling Territories in the United States: A Brief History

If you’re a pro wrestling fan like I am, you’ll appreciate this walk down memory lane…  

Posted 16 September 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sports § United States § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Netflix CEO Writes A Book

Some irony that the head of the world’s most successful video company would write a book but there you go. I’ve long been fascinated by how various tech companies (including Netflix) create and develop their corporate cultures and what traditional companies and organizations can learn from them. Hastings boils down Netflix’s competitive advantage over Blockbuster […]

Posted 09 September 2020 § Internet § Jobs § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]

Posted 04 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I ain’t got a dime/In these old worn out jeans/So I’ll stop eatin’ steak/And go back to beans.”

  “Cowpoke” – Colter Wall

Posted 31 August 2020 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Canadian Perverts

Jim Gaffigan who is known as a pretty clean, dad-bod-type comic gets downright raunchy after a visit to <checks notes>…Regina, Saskatchewan?!?

Posted 14 August 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “She misses Ragweed like I do/And her mom already thinks I’m trash/Along with her second stepdad too/She’s kind of weird and a full-time goon/Yeah, but she misses Ragweed like I do”

Can’t believe I’ve never posted this song before – so good! “Ragweed” – Koe Wetzel

Posted 10 August 2020 § Censorship § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “But I want old men making my whiskey/I want old men singing my blues/I want old men teaching my horses/’Cuz there’s just some things, young men can’t do/Like the old boys do”

The new Corb Lund album is an instant favourite, not least because, as I turn 47 later this week, this song dedicated to the value of the more seasoned among us resonates pretty heavily! 😉 “Old Men” – Corb Lund

Posted 13 July 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How To Sound Like Different Composers In Three Steps

Posted 10 July 2020 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: