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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: book, education, language, science

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: cool, history, music

[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: movies, parents

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) °

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.