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Music Monday – “But you say it in a Tweet, that’s a cop-out/And I’m just like, “Hey, are you okay?””

“You Need To Calm Down” – Taylor Swift

¶ Posted 17 June 2019 § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Music Monday – “Started from the bottom, now we’re here/Started from the bottom, now my whole team fuckin’ here”

I know this song isn’t technically about the Raptors but since it’s written by their biggest celebrity fan and the lyrics (sorta) fit, I thought I’d post it. “Started From The Bottom” – Drake

¶ Posted 10 June 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, ontario

Friday Fun Link – Infographic of Time Travel in Avengers: Endgame [Spoilers]

This is helpful if you found the back and forth in Endgame confusing.

¶ Posted 07 June 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: movies, science

The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

I’ve got a mini-Beatles/music theme going on the past couple days (so much so that when I looked at my post about the Mi’kmaq version of “Blackbird” yesterday, I thought it *was* my Music Monday post and I’d somehow missed posting on Tuesday!) Anyhow, to keep the theme going, here’s a YouTube video about one […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2019 § MemoryLane § Technology § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: beatles, music

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!

¶ Posted 04 June 2019 § Canada § Meme ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: beatles, education, language, music

Friday Fun Link – A People Map of the Most Wikipedia Searched Person in Each Major City in the US

Who is the most searched resident of each city in the US on Wikipedia?

¶ Posted 31 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § News § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, unitedstates, wikipedia

Music Monday – “I’m up after midnight, cooking/Trying to make my rent/I’m rough but I’m pleasin’/I was raised on robbery”

“Raised on Robbery” – Joni Mitchell

¶ Posted 27 May 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, music

Music Monday – “You can set my house on fire, baby/You can turn it into cinder and smoke/’Cause this house is mighty cold and I feel like/Melting all the snow away”

The first single from Tyler Childer’s upcoming album was my most played track of the long weekend… “House Fire” – Tyler Childers

¶ Posted 20 May 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, music

Friday Fun Link – Hell’s Bells (Game of Thrones Spoilers)

They don’t match perfectly but this is still pretty cool…

¶ Posted 17 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, music, television

The Best Thing I’ve Read About Game of Thrones S08E05?

The penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones” has aired and, as usual, there have been all sorts of reactions – positive, negative, questioning, sentimental, memetic. Of everything I’ve read since watching the episode, this post on Reddit which speaks to how so much of how we respond to art (books, movies, television, etc.) is based […]