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Retro Friday Fun Link – “Can’t Tell The Kids About Those Days”

Some more backdated weekend posts just because…

Posted 03 August 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “I used to spend my nights out in a barroom/Liquor was the only love I’ve known/But you rescued me from reachin’ for the bottom/And brought me back from being too far gone”

“Tennessee Whiskey” – Chris Stapleton

Posted 30 July 2018 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Nothing lasts forever/And your best efforts don’t always pay/Sometimes you get sick/And you don’t get better/That’s when life is short/Even in its longest days”

I’ve always loved John Mellencamp but mostly as a rocker. So this song off his latest album caught me a bit by surprise (though I do hear echoes of “My Best Was Never Good Enough” by Bruce Springsteen on his “Ghost of Tom Joad” album.) “Longest Days” – John Mellencamp

Posted 16 July 2018 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

“If that’s what you support, you’re an asshole. We don’t want you on our team.”

In this clip, comedian and UFC Commentator Joe Rogan goes off on the idiots of the world who use “well, they broke the law, shouldna fucken come over here” as an excuse to attack poverty-stricken, refugee mothers. Rogan is a Libertarian but he says this is an issue beyond political divides. He points out that […]

Posted 11 July 2018 § Family § Humour § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “We’re just two lost souls/Swimming in a fish bowl/Year after year”

Not sure if they’ll upload it or not but if they do, I’ll replace this clip with the slideshow they showed at my cousin’s funeral on Saturday… “Wish You Were Here” – Pink Floyd

Posted 09 July 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “We get to see the maple trees/Maple sugar on the maple leaves/We get the biggest wheat fields growing tall”

“CA-NA-DA (Cross Canada)” – Stomping Tom Connors w/ kd lang

Posted 03 July 2018 § Canada § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Reefer Madness Reaches Canada

From Colbert (with bonus mention of Saskatchewan!)   Late night comedians are having a lot of fun with my home province actually (ffwd to 3:00 minute mark)…  

Posted 29 June 2018 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Politics § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Need A Summer Road Trip? Check Out #Sask Roadside Attractions!

This is a pretty cool initiative by Regina Public Library’s Dunlop Art Gallery and a variety of other partners and agencies to have public art in a variety of communities across Saskatchewan and encourage people to visit as many as they can. From the project’s “About” page: Saskatchewan is geographically diffuse. While half of the province resides […]

Posted 27 June 2018 § Library § Saskatchewan § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

George Carlin on Cynicism

Posted 19 June 2018 § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Well they walked that day/The next/And the next/And the water it ran out one by one/Ay mijitos/They looked like dried leaves/Scattered in the sun”

“Migrants” – Sam Baker One of the best managers I’ve known (at least measured by how many quotes of theirs I regularly regurgitate) once said something to this effect: One important thing to remember – those rules, policies, guidelines we have?  They’re all just words on paper.  They’re arbitrary.  And they can be changed completely […]

Posted 18 June 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Travel § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,