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Category Archives: Randomness

SparkleTour.ca #yqr #saskatchewan #yxe #moosejaw #princealbert

[Edit: Yikes! When I posted this, didn’t realize there was a mini-controversy about a local radio station stealing the name and data from the original Sparkletour web site. Bah-humbug!] It’s now less than a month to Christmas. Sparkletour.ca helps you get into the spirit of the season with an ever-growing list of houses worth checking […]

Posted 26 November 2014 § Internet § List § Saskatchewan § Xmas ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: ,

The Useless Web

Who knew something so useless could be so entertaining? TheUselessWeb.com 

Posted 25 November 2014 § Internet ‡ Comments (0) °

Pace’s Joke

Pace shared this with us at supper tonight: “What did the number 2 say to the number 7 when he did something weird?” “I think you’re odd.” Love to hear him playing with language and also seeing his sense of humour develop!

Posted 18 November 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

19 Unbelievably Laughable Book Fails

Some funny stuff.

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

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

Posted 14 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § Meme § Wisdom ‡ 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 § PopCulture § Technology § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Possible Location of Body of Long Missing #yqr Girl, Tamra Keepness Posted to Reddit? @rcmpsk @reginapolice

If this is true, this is one of the craziest things I’ve ever seen on Reddit… A user called “MySecretIsOut” who just joined Reddit today has posted a map on /r/regina and /r/canada which they seem to be claiming would lead to the location of Tamra Keepness, a young woman whose disappearance ten years ago resulted in a […]

Posted 02 November 2014 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

What Do Garden Fresh Carrots Have To Do With Working In A Public Library?

As part of the interview process for a Public Service Manager position at RPL, candidates are asked to do a presentation on “The Future of Public Libraries” to some of the librarians already working in the organization. I was able to attend one such presentation today and since we had a few minutes after the […]

Posted 22 October 2014 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° 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 § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Instead of begging, he provides book reviews.”

This young man sits on the side of Empire Road in South Africa and instead of begging he provides book reviews. He collects all these books, reads each of them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book. This is how he makes […]

Posted 14 October 2014 § Jobs § Photo § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,