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Category Archives: PopCulture

Netflix’s “Narcos” Renewed For Two More Seasons

Shea and I were just talking last night about how sad we’ll be when we finish this season of “Narcos” (we have two episodes left) finishes since (spoiler alert) we’re pretty sure we know how this based-on-a-true-story saga ends. But happy news today – NetFlix has announced they’ve renewed “Narcos” for two more seasons and […]

Posted 06 September 2016 § Internet § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “But if I work all day in the blue sky mine/There’ll be food on the table tonight.”

Happy Labour Day! “Blue Sky Mine” – Midnight Oil

Posted 05 September 2016 § Canada § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

“Liminal” by Rodney Mullen, Inventor of the “Ollie” Trick That Most Skateboarding Tricks Are Based On

Pace is getting into skateboarding which means that I’m getting into skateboarding. 😉 But I came across this article and video recently and did want to share because it’s *very* cool – the guy who invented “the ollie” (flat ground version) on which most modern skateboarding tricks are based who is now 49 years old […]

Posted 04 September 2016 § Family § Meme § Pace § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A McReview of the New McDonalds “Create Your Taste” Burger Option #yqr

So, to celebrate the first day of school, we decided to take Pace to McDonalds for supper. I’d forgotten that Regina’s Rochdale McDonalds location (and perhaps others in the city?) have installed the new “Build Your Taste” machines which are like giant iPad-like, self-serve touchscreen machines. I’m sure we could’ve figured it out but a […]

Posted 01 September 2016 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “From Winterpeg/The wind is cold, yeah/From Barcelona to Bars so lonely/To semi-on a date”

Not sure if I heard the lyric excerpt I’ve got as a title to this post correctly but I kinda like my version anyhow! 😉 “Clara” – Tariq

Posted 29 August 2016 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – “Sicko” – Doug Stanhope

One of the most offensive, rude, funniest stand-up albums I’ve ever heard…

Posted 26 August 2016 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

This Is Not A Column About Ryan Lochte

Although the disgraced Olympic swimmer makes a good ink blot for society. For some, the 12-time Olympic medalist and his teammates epitomize the height of white privilege, while for others this whole mess is just a couple of kids getting a bit too drunk and bit too rambunctious one night in Rio de Janeiro.

Posted 24 August 2016 § News § Politics § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Greatest Tragically Hip Video On The Internet?

And I know because I’ve watched them all! But seriously, this part of a longer concert, recorded on Canada Day in London ON in 1989, before The Hip blew up and with maybe 20 people in the audience, is one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen… (You may have to fast forward to 27 minutes to […]

Posted 23 August 2016 § Canada § Humour § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “You are my heart/Oh my Queen of the Furrows/This is how I farm, eyes up and ears down low/You are my heart, you’re my Queen of the Furrows/This how I feel, hens cluck and roosters crow”

Although I was a pretty big fan of the Hip back in their prime years, I sort of backed away – both as their albums became less essential (The top 6 of the 12 Tragically Hip albums rated by CBC were released in the 1980’s or 1990’s, the bottom six were all released after 2000) and […]

Posted 22 August 2016 § Canada § Family § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Torrent of Last Night’s #tragicallyhip CBC Concert

I sent a half-joking tweet last night that after the Tragically Hip concert, the one thing left for CBC to do was to create a web site to permanently archive the show so fans could re-watch it anytime they wanted. This torrent is the next best thing.

Posted 21 August 2016 § Canada § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,