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Saturday Snap – Tragically Hip Lyrics

¶ Posted 20 August 2016 § Canada § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Friday Fun Link – The Tragically Hip: A Chronology

Tomorrow’s the big night for the last Tragically Hip concert during their final cross-Canada tour so here’s a few full-length concerts from throughout their career to whet your appetite: One from their earliest days, recorded live for MuchMusic… A concert from perhaps the height of their fame during one of their Another Roadside Attraction concerts… One from the […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, history, hockey, music, ontario, television

Flipping Out at Get Air Trampoline Park in #yqr

My son not only did all the stunts in this video but stitched them together in iMovie. He’s going to be the world’s first combination stuntman/film editor! 😉

¶ Posted 17 August 2016 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

Did Donald Trump Start His Presidential Campaign To Gain Negotiating Leverage With NBC?

In this election cycle, sure, why not?

¶ Posted 16 August 2016 § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “She’s so young/She’s got the answer/She doesn’t need to question herself like I do”

The Trans-Canada Highwaymen is another Canadian supergroup made up of members of Sloan, Barenaked Ladies, The Odds, and Pursuit of Happiness with a conceit that they’ll play hits from their own bands but only songs that each member wrote for their other groups (which is why it’s ironic that they stick a bit of “Poets” […]

¶ Posted 15 August 2016 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Read Books, Live Longer?

Even after controlling for other factors that may mean some people are more likely to read than others (education, gender, age, etc.), a recent study shows that people who read more are more likely to live longer… Compared with those who did not read books, those who read for up to three and a half […]

¶ Posted 09 August 2016 § Library § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, education

Music Monday – “Where have all my friends gone?/They’ve all disappeared/Turned around maybe one day/You’re all that was there.”

I’ve heard this song before but after hearing it on a random Americana playlist last Friday and suddenly I can’t get it out of my head… “Blue” – The Jayhawks

¶ Posted 08 August 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – The World Wide Web is 25 Years Old, Here Are The 25 Funniest Things To Ever Happen Online

I can’t decide if I should feel special or like a giant nerd that I remember seeing most of these when they went viral.

¶ Posted 05 August 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – God, I Miss Jon Stewart

Luckily, he’s living under Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” desk… (Oh, and here’s a summary of 25 of Trump’s biggest lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations from his convention speech last night.)