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Friday Fun Link – Star Wars “The Force Awakens” Trailer

Yes!

Posted 28 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Meme § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for what you did for me/I can see things now I never would have seen”

Having a real Spirit of the West run of posts lately.  Here’s another one – the first video they ever shot from their official YouTube channel… “Political” – Spirit of the West

Posted 24 November 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

100 Years of Style

Here’s another of those popular “Take yourself through time” videos – this one focused on fashion as much as music or dance or whatever…

Posted 23 November 2014 § Meme § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Spirit of the West’s John Mann Dancing

I recently wrote about the sad news that Spirit of the West lead singer, John Mann, has been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Without being too hyperbolic, I have to say there aren’t many bands that have played as big of a role in my life as Spirit of the West – everything from the […]

Posted 21 November 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

19 Unbelievably Laughable Book Fails

Some funny stuff.

Posted 16 November 2014 § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Happy Singles Day!

Originally started by Chinese university students as an anti-Valentines Day where single people were encouraged to buy themselves gifts, “Singles Day” on November 11 (11/11) has exploded in popularity over the past five years to become China’s equivalent of Black Friday with their Amazon/eBay clone, Alibaba, leading the charge. I heard about it last year […]

Posted 11 November 2014 § Internet § Meme § Randomness § Technology § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Book With No Pictures

One of those “Why didn’t I think of that ?” ideas. So clever…

Posted 07 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Halloween Costume Surprise

Pace was dressing as Batman for Halloween a couple years ago. I’d thought about buying the obvious costume to surprise him but pre-made costumes are expensive these days and it felt like a lot of money to buy for a one-off surprise.  At the same time, how many times to you get to be the sidekick to […]

Posted 30 October 2014 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Novels That Are Scarier Than Most Horror Movies

Boo!

Posted 28 October 2014 § List § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

An Illustrated Talk With Maurice Sendak

Posted 26 October 2014 § Library § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,