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Music Monday – “We’re all gonna die someday lord/We’re all gonna die someday Mama’s on pills daddy’s over the hill/But we’re all gonna die someday”

“We’re All Gonna Die Someday” – Kasey Chambers

Posted 03 February 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Normally I’d Save A Post Like This For Music Monday…

…but this feels unique enough to deserve a stand-alone post:  

Posted 02 February 2020 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Readers Are Leaders (March 2014)

Speaking of the importance of being surrounded by books from an early age…

Posted 30 January 2020 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Losing My Religion” – The Story Behind the Song

A bit more about the song I featured in yesterday’s “Music Monday” post…

Posted 28 January 2020 § MemoryLane § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

It’s Okay To Have Too Many Books, In Fact, It May Be Beneficial

After a lifetime as a reader, studying English in undergrad, working with book publishers and writers across two provinces, attending book & publishing conferences where advanced reading copies are given out freely, even hitting way too many charity book sales and garage sales in my life, I suspect I own roughly a thousand books. How […]

Posted 26 January 2020 § Library § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – #DollyParton Challenge (Okay, I’ll Play)

Posted 24 January 2020 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Sorry, @officialRPL, I have a new favourite “RPL”

Radiohead has launched the Radiohead Public Library – a massive online archive of streaming albums, music & concert videos, rarities, merchandise and much more. Here’s a list of ten things that are getting fans very excited about this new site. And just for the heck of it, something not on the RPL site but instead, […]

Posted 21 January 2020 § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Technology § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

[Spoilers] The Entire Emperor Palpatine Story

The entire Star Wars universe can be pretty confusing, especially when there are years if not decades between films. Seeing the arc of a single character through the whole series does a good job of explaining different moments and motivations…  

Posted 14 January 2020 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Ranking the Nine Star Wars Movies (1977 to 2020)

Finally got to see a matinee of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” the other day so have now seen all three trilogies comprising nine total films within the main Star Wars universe. Like many kids of the 1980’s, Star Wars was a pretty major part of my childhood. The first “Star Wars” movie (later […]

Posted 09 January 2020 § List § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “We could leave the Christmas lights up till January/This is our place, we make the rules/And there’s a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear/Have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?”

“Lover” – Taylor Swift

Posted 23 December 2019 § Family § MusicMonday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °