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Friday Fun Link – Is It Okay to Say “OK Boomer”?

Continuing my theme of the week…

¶ Posted 08 November 2019 § Humour § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Did Dusty Rhodes’ Son Just Equal His Dad’s Best Promo?

In wrestling, Ric Flair had a character as a rich, arrogant, entitled asshole and one of his main rivals was Dusty Rhodes, a schlubby working man who was the “son of a plumber.” During one of their many feuds, Dusty delivered what is widely regarded as one of, if not the greatest, wrestling promos of […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2019 § MemoryLane § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, wrestling

“OK Boomer” Meets Public Enemy

“Ok boomer” has become Generation Z’s endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed up kids. Teenagers use it to reply to cringey YouTube videos, Donald Trump tweets, and basically any person over 30 who says something condescending about young people — […]

¶ Posted 05 November 2019 § Humour § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, parents

“You ar a good liberein”

Shea and I did a pretty major weeding of our kids’ book collections recently and I ended up giving a bunch to one of the teachers who regularly comes into my library (who also happens to teach at the school my kids go to so I have a soft spot for that school to begin […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2019 § Library § Pace § Randomness § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute, education, language

Music Monday – “I never really knew that she could dance like this/She makes a man wants to speak Spanish/Como se llama, bonita, mi casa, su casa (sí, sí)”

What first snow of the year? “Hips Don’t Lie” – Shakira

¶ Posted 28 October 2019 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, weather

2019 Edition of “First Snow of the Year” – Hawksley Workman

It created a pretty magical “snow globe” effect at the Heritage Classic last night, continued to fall through the night and it’s always a bit of a judgement call but it feels like it’s time to do my annual post of this song as it feels like the snow is here to stay again for […]