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Category Archives: Randomness

Now You Know – Feeling Buzzed

Now I Know (site currently down making this a bad day to post this but whatever) is an enjoyable little e-newsletter that comes out every couple of days with all kinds of interesting facts about all kinds of things.  Here’s the most recent one… You’re sitting at your desk, standing in the kitchen, watching TV, […]

Posted 11 September 2012 § Internet § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You Just Put Your Lips Together…and Blow”

I usually put a lyric from the featured song in the title of my Music Monday posts but this one’s a little harder for obvious reasons. So instead, I’ve used a famous movie quote that’s quite fitting (so fitting, it was also referenced in a recent hit song called “Whistle“.) (via Huffington Post)

Posted 27 August 2012 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Thou shall not judge a book by its cover/Thou shall not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover”

Posted 20 August 2012 § Censorship § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – A Cool (Er, Hot?) Trick

Before you barbeque or cook a hot dog over a campfire, put a skewer through the middle of the dog then score it in a spiral fashion so that you get more of that crunchy goodness throughout the meat!

Posted 04 August 2012 § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Is This The Cutest Thing Ever Seen on the Internet?

There are zillions of pictures of cute animals on the Internet.  But this series of shots is a contender for “best ever“. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 02 August 2012 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Average Canadian Male Life Expectancy = 78 years (aka Happy 39th Birthday to Me!)

The average life expectancy for a Canadian male is currently 78 years.  That means as I turn 39 today, I have officially reached the half-way point of my expected life span on this planet (and accounting for abuses suffered in earlier years – from over-drinking to being exposed to god knows what working at a […]

Posted 18 July 2012 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) °

Some Random Thoughts on TedXRegina

So I was one of the lucky 100 who got to attend TedXRegina on Wednesday at the ShuBox Theatre at the U of R. Here are some random thoughts about the day… – never realised until the night before while checking out the #tedxregina hashtag on Twitter that there were only 100 seats available as […]

Posted 17 May 2012 § Humour § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Good-bye Old Friend

Our car got smushed in a hit and run while parked on the street in front our house late Friday night/early Saturday morning (actually our neighbour’s van got hit with enough impact that it ended up on our car’s trunk!). Our car’s a total write-off which is sad as we’ve had it for a decade […]

Posted 12 May 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Real World Fairytale Spots

Quora asks which real world places look like they could’ve come out of a fairy tale?

Posted 11 May 2012 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

The Playoffs Are Here!!!

A Ready-Made Google Calendar You Can Use Why the First Round of the Playoffs is Better Than the Finals How A Hockey Rink’s Surface Is Made: How Bad Do You Want It? My Predictions St Louis vs. San Jose Vancouver vs. Los Angeles Phoenix vs. Chicago Nashville vs. Detroit Boston vs. Washington (would like to […]

Posted 11 April 2012 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,