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Music Monday – “So sing to me/Your sweet song/Saskatchewan/Where I belong”

“Saskatchewan” – Zachary Lucky  

Posted 29 April 2019 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

20 Things Nobody Saw Coming in Avengers: Endgame

The best part of seeing a big tentpole movie on opening weekend is that you can go on the Internet again without fear of seeing SPOILERS:

Posted 28 April 2019 § Censorship § Internet § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Online Apps as 80’s Gadgets

A designer reimagines how various popular web sites would look as 1980’s gadgets.

Posted 26 April 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You feed your addiction/With your crystal meth/And I plea for your life/As it takes you to your death”

“Broken Window Serenade” – Whiskey Myers

Posted 22 April 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Rain Beatles Tribute in #yqr #raintribute

As a huge Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the “Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles” show earlier this week, especially since they played much of the Abbey Road album (which is my favourite Beatles album) in this version of their ongoing touring show.

Posted 20 April 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I have lost my way/But I hear tell/About a heaven in Alberta/Where they’ve got all hell for a basement”

These aren’t my photos but I thought this montage of Alberta shots – in all its natural beauty and manmade ugliness – was appropriate with the big election coming up tomorrow. “All Hell For A Basement” – Big Sugar

Posted 15 April 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Exploring Acquisitions with Coteau Books

Pretty proud to be a board member for this organization and if we’re thinking of fun, one of the most enjoyable parts of the job is having the opportunity to have a say in which manuscripts become published books!  

Posted 12 April 2019 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked for the last decade plus and they have as many sub-.500% seasons as ones where they’ve won more than they’ve lost. So, at best, it’s maybe 20 […]

Posted 10 April 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “The world’s in trouble/There’s no communication/And everyone can say what they want to say/It never gets better anyway”

“Bad Reputation” – Joan Jett

Posted 08 April 2019 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

WWE Makes History At Wrestlemania 35

Tonight’s Wrestlemania 35 was the first to have a main event featuring women wrestlers – Ronda Rousey who was a former star in UFC, Charlotte Flair who is the daughter of one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time and an accomplished athlete in her own right, and Becky Lynch who is the ultimate underdog but […]

Posted 07 April 2019 § MemoryLane § Sports § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,