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Category Archives: Randomness

Insane Sub-Two Hour Marathon Run

Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 marathon run is truly insane when you break down the numbers: ??4:35 per mile pace (the record for one mile is 3:43 and he kept the pace 26x) ??OR 2:50 per KM pace (he did it 42x and each kilometre was within 2:48 to 2:52)??The average men’s marathon… pic.twitter.com/zGJ4LI6rhm — Trung Phan […]

Posted 19 September 2023 § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Peregrine Cocktail Recipe

-> 2 oz Dark Rum (Kraken) -> Half glass of Choose Up (Sprite Knock Off Sold at Sobeys/Safeway/FreshCo) -> Half glass of Orange Juice (Tropical Juices for the “fancy” version of the cocktail) (Not yet in Cocktail Builder)

Posted 20 June 2023 § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

If You’re Tired All The Time, It’s Not Your Fault

Fascinating article about changes in the way people sleep and why.  (As usual, capitalism and the rich are to blame.) Good sleep is a human right, dammit!

Posted 30 May 2023 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“Except he’s the most terrifying cishet looking white guy I’ve ever laid eyes on.”

https://twitter.com/RebekahLove27/status/1658430933421240328

Posted 16 May 2023 § Jobs § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

My Childhood Best Friend Wins $55 Million! (Well, A Guy I Kinda Sorta Remember Anyhow)

Okay, maybe he wasn’t my childhood best friend but he was somebody from my hometown whose family and mine did do stuff together occasionally before they moved to BC. But I should back-up… I still distinctly remember a conversation when I worked for the Sask Publishers Group around 20 years ago when we were chatting […]

Posted 12 April 2023 § Family § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

With Apologies to William Carlos Williams (aka Emails I Send To Branch Staff)

This Is Just To Say I have drank the diet ginger ale that was in the SV icebox And which might have belonged to you Forgive me if it was yours I could not remember If it was mine (There are also a couple Coke Zeros in there that might be mine too – let […]

Posted 07 March 2023 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

2022 End of Year Memes: Charlie Echo (Our New) Delta Oscar Golf

1. What did you do this year that you’d never done before? Shea always had dogs growing up and my family had a “summer dog” on the farm – my uncle in Calgary would bring his dog for the summer then take it home for the winter.  But this year, we finally broke down and […]

Posted 31 December 2022 § ‡ Comments (1) °

Relaxing Piano Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNzoFjoux54

Posted 14 December 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Creative Uses For Everyday Items

Finally something creative pic.twitter.com/EQrjh5qQHE — How Things Are Manufactured (@fastworkers6) September 16, 2022  

Posted 07 December 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A 41 Year Old Addict Says Good-Bye (And Shares His Observations and Regrets)

The amount of stress I’m seeing in the world right now is overwhelming. People I know from Ukraine and Iran worried about home.  People navigating our Covid-filled world whether they’ve never tested positive or tested positive multiple times.  Parents trying to find needed badly needed medicine for their kids while teachers face half empty classrooms.  […]

Posted 23 November 2022 § Meme § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,