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Category Archives: PopCulture

“Home Alone” in the Style of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”

I think someone just went wild with a thesaurus instead of trying to capture the style of McCarthy.  But this is still an interesting attempt to capture McCarthy’s style of writing. They lift the kid by his blood-dimmed sweater and hang him on a coatrack. Madness on their faces. The mantis gone moronic. The squat’s tonsured head […]

Posted 17 December 2015 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – The Joy of Celebrating A Godless Christmas

At my library branch, we’ve had lots of interesting conversations around the “Happy Holidays/Merry Christmas” dichotomy that always happens at this time of year in western society. We talked about how to balance the library’s responsibility to be inclusive and respectful of all faiths, cultures and beliefs but also how Christmas is the holiday most […]

Posted 13 December 2015 § Family § Library § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Radicalization of Luke Skywalker

I always enjoy alternate interpretations of pop culture stories.  This one is particularly relevant in our world today. (More commentary on Reddit.)

Posted 11 December 2015 § FridayFunLink § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Just add flour/Salt/A little red wine/And don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce”

My month of unusual Christmas song posts continue with one of Australia’s best known Christmas songs – a song with no chorus about a man in prison wondering what the family Christmas will be like without him… “How To Make Gravy” – Paul Kelly

Posted 07 December 2015 § Family § MusicMonday § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Ground Crew De-Ices a Frozen Plane

I couldn’t resist posting this…

Posted 01 December 2015 § Canada § Humour § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Who really needs a gift/When love is meant to give/I can still recall/Carry with me always/Every Christmas dream/They live in you and me”

“Something About December” – Christina Perri

Posted 30 November 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…    

Posted 27 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Technology § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

One Month ‘Til Christmas!

May your resident librarian recommend a book to help you pass the next few weeks? 😉

Posted 25 November 2015 § Humour § UK § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – WWE’s Luke Harper Previously Worked As School Librarian

This is pretty funny when you think about it. Yep, this guy… Also this story… Harper was a librarian while working on the indies. He told a story how he was busted open in a cage match with Cesaro, couldn’t really stop the bleeding and had to wear a hat during work the next Monday […]

Posted 20 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Library § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Bankrupt Rdio Is Being Bought Out and Discontinued. (Fuck)

After a few days of focus on Paris and the serious issues of the world, time to get back to my First World Problems (which are defined by Google as: “a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration, implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world.”) That’s true […]

Posted 17 November 2015 § Internet § MemoryLane § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,