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Friday Fun Link – My New Christmas Movie Tradition?

I was in the habit of watching *Love Actually” every December but last year I didn’t get to it and instead I watched this which has nothing to do with Christmas but, since I watched it right before Christmas, still managed to feel like a Christmas movie if that makes sense?

¶ Posted 13 December 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, xmas

Music Monday – “Christmas Eve will find me/Where the love light gleams/I’ll be home for Christmas/If only in my dreams”

I can’t believe I’ve never posted this song before – one of the most absolutely beautiful, heart-wrenching Christmas songs of all-time. And so appropriate these days too. We’re extremely excited for our first Christmas in our new house of course. But it also comes with mixed emotions knowing that a decision we made only two […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, xmas

Music Monday – “It seems such a waste of time/If that’s what it’s all about/Mama if that’s movin’ up/Then I’m movin’ out”

“Moving Out (Anthony’s Song)” – Billy Joel

¶ Posted 02 December 2019 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Spirit of the West Full Concert (June 2015)

Obviously I wasn’t at this concert but I was at Spirit of the West’s Regina show around the same time (same tour?) after John Mann’s diagnosis and this is a pretty good capture of the mixed emotions of that show – joy, sadness, awe, fear.

¶ Posted 21 November 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, music

Music Monday – “And she told me that she loved me/And I grinned and grabbed her hand and said, “I know”/Let’s get from here/Now darling if we’re going/Let’s go on and go.”

“Good Lord, Lorrie” – Turnpike Troubadours

¶ Posted 18 November 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Seinfeld Had A Humourous Take That Applies To The “Don Poppy” Controversy

A show ahead of its time in many ways…

¶ Posted 13 November 2019 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

What Are the Similarities and Differences Between Toronto Public Library and Don Cherry?

There have been a couple major media storms recently – Toronto Public Library faced a huge outcry for allowing a controversial speaker to proceed with a presentation in one of their branch meeting rooms and Sportsnet faced a huge outcry after longtime hockey icon, Don Cherry, made controversial remarks where he accused recent immigrants of […]