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Friday Fun Link – Blue Man Group on NPR Tiny Desk Concert

Usually Tiny Desk gets Americana-style artists but this is a pretty fun…

¶ Posted 11 October 2019 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

12 Most Offensive South Park Episodes

Shea and I went to see “Book of Mormon” today, one of the most successful, long-running Broadway shows of all-time, written and produced by the same guys who made South Park. I’ve been a fan of South Park since someone told me about “Rainbows? I hate rainbows!” but I don’t watch it as religiously (pun […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2019 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, music, television

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Trailer

Shea and I are binging “Handmaid’s Tale” right now and both loving it (while also regularly cringing!) but if pressed, I’d still say “Breaking Bad” is my favourite TV show of all-time. (It’s up there for Shea too but I think she picks “The Wire” as her all-time favourite.) Anyhow, can’t wait for this…

¶ Posted 25 September 2019 § MemoryLane § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: television

Music Monday – “I guess it could be worse, it ain’t that bad/At least I ain’t sittin’ in old Baghdad/In the middle of the hot damn desert sittin’ in a tank”

“You Can Have The Crown” – Sturgill Simpson

¶ Posted 23 September 2019 § MusicMonday § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43

It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]

¶ Posted 21 September 2019 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history

Music Monday – “Now in the pouring snow, sad, but swift/I headed down the highway/Hoping that the burden of my blues would lift/And praying that the whiskey would keep me brave”

Easily my favourite song of the year (I can’t believe I haven’t posted it before!) “Letter to Madeline” – Ian Noe

¶ Posted 16 September 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?

9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy. 🙂

¶ Posted 11 September 2019 § Censorship § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, holiday, science, unitedstates

Music Monday – “She said, “Andy, you’re better than your past”/Winked at me and drained her glass/Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore”

“Elephant” – Jason Isbell (This reaction video where a couple commentators slowly realize what the song’s about is a pretty good supplement to what some feel is the best song of 2013.)