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The Falling Man: The Most Famous Image Most People Haven’t Seen

Originally published in 2011, an article about an infamous photo of a man in mid-flight after jumping from the World Trade Centre also raises some interesting points n how much our world has changed since 2001 and raises some questions on how it might have been different had a similar disaster occurred in 2014?  Would the […]

Posted 11 September 2014 § Censorship § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – All The Cool Kids Hang Out at the Library

More on how the earliest recorded signature of Elvis Presley was discovered.

Posted 05 September 2014 § FridayFunLink § Library ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Best SNL Cast Member Ever?

Grantland has done a tournament-style bracket to allow users to pick the best SNL cast member of all-time. The voting is closed now but the ultimate winner is probably as uncontroversial as you could get with such a varied cast, storied history and iconic program. Who would my pick be?  Maybe Mike Myers?  Dana Carvey? […]

Posted 31 August 2014 § Infographic § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Many colours are the jewels that sparkle/Many pleasures I will hold and embrace/Still for all that this world has to offer/It’s here that my heart will remain”

When pressed, I might call “Gone” by Greg Keelor my favourite album of all-time.  Here’s one of the songs from that album… “Lucknow” – Greg Keelor

Posted 25 August 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

An Ode to Ralph Wiggum

Ralph is so memorable because, in part, he is the most real of all The Simpsons characters; as outlandish as his behaviour can sometimes seem, he’s as real as a cartoon boy gets. (via Reddit)

Posted 21 August 2014 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Holiday Weekend Catch-Up

I took a couple days off on Monday and Tuesday to have an extended long weekend to go camping with Shea’s and my folks and to attend Shea’s cousin’s wedding.  Which means I need to do another extended weekend catch-up of missed blog posts… Saturday Snap As mentioned, we went to Shea’s cousin’s wedding at […]

Posted 19 August 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § Photo § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Good Morning Vietnam: An “Un-War” War Movie

In my RIP Robin Williams post yesterday, I mentioned that I wrote an essay while a student in England about Williams’ role in “Good Morning Vietnam”. I don’t think I’ve posted any of my undergrad work on this blog ever but given yesterday’s events, now’s as good of time as any.  Oh, and feel free to […]

Posted 12 August 2014 § MemoryLane § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

RIP Robin Williams (And My Ten Favourite Robin Williams Movies)

Shocking news today that Robin Williams has died, apparently by suicide.  Based on the way my Facebook feed lit up with the news, it’s a pretty safe bet that I’m not unique in thinking of him as one of my favourite actors. His range in both comedies and dramas was outstanding and his genuine humanity […]

Posted 11 August 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – 20 Seconds of Tetris Madness

I used to love playing Tetris but I was never this good…

Posted 08 August 2014 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

How “Fifty Shades of Grey” Became a Bestseller and Hollywood Movie

In a thread where a poster is trying to show that “Fifty Shades of Grey” is not representative of the BSDM community like so many people think it is, a person who was part of the Twilight fan fiction community when the original version was written chimes in with a great explanation of how badly […]

Posted 30 July 2014 § Library § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,