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Is “A Horse Is Loose In A Hospital” The Best Donald Trump Analogy So Far?

Fast forward to near the end of this clip for the joke…  

Posted 08 May 2018 § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Yeah, this is America/Guns in my area/I got the strap/I gotta carry ’em”

“This Is America” – Childish Gambino Some of the Things You May Have Missed MetaFilter weighs in Annotated lyrics This Is America: Donald Glover’s Video Is A Gripping Read

Posted 07 May 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – A Fantastic Journey Through 80’s Movies

Posted 04 May 2018 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Just make your friends/While you’re still young/Before you can’t see through/Anyone.”

“Trick Rider” – Gord Downie

Posted 30 April 2018 § Canada § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

25 Random Thoughts For @SaskBookAwards 25th Anniversary #sba25 #saskbookawards

Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]

Posted 29 April 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Tragedy Fatigue

Other than both happening in Canada, both being unexpected, and both resulting in large losses of life, there aren’t many similarities between the tragedy in Humboldt earlier this month and the one in Toronto last night. But the fact that both happened only a couple weeks apart when it feels like events of this type […]

Posted 24 April 2018 § Canada § Meme § News § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Some nights will haunt me/Until the daylight comes around/I’ll be fine, it’s all I really own/It’s always been around”

“Somewhere In The Mountains, Somewhere In New York” – Tallest Man on Earth

Posted 23 April 2018 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Reefer Madness (1936)

Happy 4:20!  What has the world come to?    

Posted 20 April 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – California Subs Returns @thecapitol_jazz! (sort of) #yqr

Shea recently saw on FB that two local restaurants – the Capitol Jazz Club and the Lancaster Pub – were re-creating some favourites from the iconic 1990’s Regina sub shop, California Subs – for a limited time. So when we had plans to go out for the evening, it was no question where our first […]

Posted 14 April 2018 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Going Viral for Good – #SaveSKLibraries, Broncos’ GoFundMe

A couple stories of the importance of being able to “go viral” in the digital age. Today was Budget Day in Saskatchewan and it was confirmed that, after being cut by $5 million last year, the library funding that was restored after public outcry, would remain in place, leaving library funding stable, at least for […]

Posted 10 April 2018 § Internet § News § Politics § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,