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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Tragedies like this simply don’t need to happen. Please give if you can…

Posted 25 June 2019 § Family § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked (Uhm, Happy New Year?!?)

Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)

Posted 01 January 2019 § Humour § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “And you won’t understand/But you will learn someday/That wherever you are and whatever you face/These are the people who’ll make you feel safe in this world/My sweet blue-eyed girl”

This is a bit shaky cam but I haven’t posted this amazing Christmas song for a few years so I thought I’d do so with a different version that’s even more fun than the original… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBgRdSbQ56Q “White Wine in the Sun” – Tim Minchin

Posted 17 December 2018 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

Posted 05 December 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

“The reality is…my real name is Joe and I’ve been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it’s back.”

Pretty shocking development in the fake/real world of WWE, not only that top star Roman Reigns dropped his persona during the opening promo of RAW to announce he had leukemia, but also the revelation that he first battled leukemia *eleven years ago* and this wasn’t public knowledge and/or exploited by the WWE who have exploited pretty much everything […]

Posted 24 October 2018 § Jobs § News § PopCulture § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Brazilian Inmates Can Read Books To Shorten Their Sentences (Not So Much in The US)

This is a pretty cool, innovative program with a lot of potential to pay ongoing dividends. And of course, the US is doing the opposite with prisons in Pennsylvania where inmates are no longer being allowed any form of print book sent by family members or charities but they can buy overpriced, overly restricted ebooks, […]

Posted 16 October 2018 § Censorship § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Reunion at a Funeral

There was a mini-IHHS Class of ’91 reunion at the funeral of Kyle Raaf today.   Our classmate, Erin, gave a moving eulogy for someone she described as “not just my big brother but my hero” and her stories of how Kyle had such a positive impact on so many people during his too-short 46 years […]

Posted 26 September 2018 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Well, the hives are gone/I’ve lost my bees/The chickens are sleeping/In the willow trees/Cow’s in water up past her knees/Three feet high and rising”

Frightening: “We’re Moving to Higher Ground” – America’s Era of Climate-Inspired Mass Migration is Here “Five Feet High and Rising” – Johnny Cash

Posted 24 September 2018 § News § Politics § Travel § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,