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Norm MacDonald Gets Emotional During Final Stand-Up Set On Late Night with David Letterman

David Letterman’s final show is this Wednesday and he’s been having a farewell run of top-notch and personal favourite guests all of whom are paying tribute to Letterman’s innovation and influence (and I definitely don’t disagree – how radical was David Letterman when he first started?) Anyhow, Norm MacDonald’s comments after his stand-up set the […]

Posted 17 May 2015 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “When the night has come/And the land is dark/And the moon is the only light we’ll see” (RIP Ben E. King)

Is there a better coming-of-age movie than “Stand By Me”?  And the title song of that movie is part of the reason it had such an impact on me. I remember seeing “Stand By Me” in the theatre in Indian Head when I was about 13 years old then walking out into the street and […]

Posted 04 May 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – Jesus Loves Floyd Mayweather Better Than Manny Pacquio

Yeah, that’s what happened…

Posted 03 May 2015 § Humour § Meme § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How Popular Are The Various Netflix Original Series?

On the recommendation of a co-worker, Shea and I are working through “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, a Netflix original series.  (That link will go to Wikiwand.com – a site I recently discovered that presents Wikipedia pages in a more visually appealing, readable format.) Watching that series led me to this article which discusses how a company that’s […]

Posted 28 April 2015 § Internet § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna turn some heads/My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.”

Important Blog announcement: Hockey themed posts shall continue as long as the Flames are in the playoffs. One of the greatest hockey songs of all-time…  (Hmm, maybe that could be my theme for Music Mondays until the Flames win the Cup in June?) 😉 Based on a true story… “Big League” – Tom Cochrane

Posted 27 April 2015 § MusicMonday § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs

In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers, I kept providing updates on the score to the MC who relayed them to the partisan crowd (oh, those not-that-long-ago days before everyone had a smartphone in […]

Posted 26 April 2015 § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Heading To #yqr @reginafanexpo Earlier Today

  

Posted 25 April 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Breakdown of Swearing in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”

Posted 24 April 2015 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Infographic § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “They call me a troublemaker ’cause I’m finally saying “no”/I’ve been working hard and yet my pay is still so low

A highlight of my time at the Writers Guild of Alberta was getting to book Maria Dunn to speak and perform at our annual conference at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. “Troublemaker” – Maria Dunn

Posted 13 April 2015 § MusicMonday § Politics § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

How JK Rowling Plotted Harry Potter With A Hand-drawn Spreadsheet

Interesting.

Posted 08 April 2015 § Library § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: