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Music Monday – “COVID-19/I swear you are mean/At this moment/I’m in quarantine”

Lots of “C’mon Eileen” parodies out there right now for some reason… “COVID-19” (“C’mon Eileen” Parody)

¶ Posted 06 April 2020 § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, music

The First Celebrity COVID Death?

I would never have guessed that Joe Diffie would be the first celebrity COVID death (well, if a tier B 1990’s country singer counts as a celebrity but I liked quite a few of his songs back in the day so why not?) And if this helps even one Red Stater stay home, his death […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, music

Music Monday – “And the saddest thing would be/Is if you up and said to me/That you’re tired of running scared/And you really don’t care/About the ice age, baby”

I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman

¶ Posted 23 March 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, history, music

Music Monday – “That’s great it starts with an outbreak/From birds and bats to airplanes/Donald Trump is not afraid”

Great rewrite! “It’s The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – COVID-19 Remix” – R.E.M.

¶ Posted 16 March 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, language, music, science

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display. It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

¶ Posted 14 March 2020 § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, food, health, science

Music Monday – “Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa/Ma ma se, ma ma sa/Ma ma coo sa”

Back from a week in Mexico and will likely do some resort-themed posts over the next few days starting with this one… And my big thought of the day is – I really have no idea why most Cancun resorts have a Michael Jackson impersonator as one of their nightly shows when you never see […]