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Category Archives: PopCulture

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: , ,

Friday Fun Link – What Quote or Line From A Book That Changed Your Life?

A fun question on /r/books. Not sure what my pick would be – maybe “So it goes” from Slaughterhouse Five as a perfect illustration of how shit happens and then we die? Or on a more optimistic note: ““And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think […]

Posted 24 October 2014 § FridayFunLink § Library § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Next Five Years of Superhero Movies

This infographic excites me greatly…

Posted 21 October 2014 § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Do Not Touch

This site is pretty cool – a band created a crowdsourced music video comprised of people who visited their site following the instructions on screen.  Try it yourself!

Posted 17 October 2014 § FridayFunLink § Meme § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,