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Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in Pennsylvania where inmates are no longer being allowed any form of print book sent by family members or charities but they can buy overpriced, overly restricted ebooks, […]

Optimism and Pessimism Around Climate Change

Optimism: The Sask NDP released a very innovative climate change policy as part of their annual convention which would see Crown Corps like SaskPower & SaskEnergy helping individuals, organizations and corporations underwrite a move to a green economy which is the best way forward to get off our current “track” and switch to another that could lead […]

¶ Posted 14 October 2018 § Family § News § Pace § Politics § Sasha § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

We Live In the Craziest Timeline

Wow.

¶ Posted 10 October 2018 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “It’s not such a scary time for boys/They’ve always had the upper hand, they’ve always had a choice/It’s time for women to rise up, use our collective voice/The day to vote is Nov 6th so let’s go make some noise”

As I type this, Democrats have a 75% chance of taking the House of Representatives and a 20% chance of taking the Senate in the US midterm elections which happen in just under a month. In the wake of the Brett Kavanaugh decision, here’s hoping that women (and men who recognize the injustice that was done […]

¶ Posted 08 October 2018 § Humour § Internet § Meme § News § Politics § Randomness § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language, music, unitedstates

Sweaty Palms – Alex Honnold

Sweaty palms can mean a few different things but especially online, it’s often used to refer to people who attempt death-defying feats such as climbing buildings or natural formations or other structures, often without the use of any safety equipment. For some unknown reason, I still get a daily digest from Digg.com. I rarely look […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2018 § Randomness § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, reddit

Music Monday – “I used to drink too much/Forgot to come home/I lied to my doctor/But these days I don’t/’Cause I’m happy with you/I got lots of good things to do”

“Happy With You” – Paul McCartney

¶ Posted 01 October 2018 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – Book Cover Concentration

Can you pick which book covers belong to different editions of the same book, even when they have their titles removed?

¶ Posted 28 September 2018 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book

Mankind and Undertaker Discuss Their Iconic Hell in a Cell Match

WWE’s “Hell in a Cell” Pay Per View is tonight with multiple matches being held in the imposing, over-sized cage. But twenty years ago, HiaC matches were much more rare and that made them much more special. The third ever HiaC match between Undertaker and Mankind had not one, not two but three iconic spots […]

¶ Posted 16 September 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

The History of the World Trade Center (Documentary)

¶ Posted 11 September 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, science, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “You give me love I didn’t earn/Love I’m learning that I’m worth/As it turns out, love just don’t care who we were”

Congrats to Saskatchewan’s own, Jess Moskaluke, who won the Canadian Country Music Association “Album of the Year” award last night… “Past The Past” – Jess Moskaluke