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(Belated) Music Monday – “He’s acting tough and taking names/And shuttin’ us down/But at least we got something to talk about/When Monday rolls around”

Or if you prefer a version without drunk riggers singing along… “Oil Patch Town” – Chris Knight

¶ Posted 08 July 2019 § Jobs § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, saskatchewan

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Giant Checkers

Having a fun day at Nickle Lake’s activity shack (which, almost unbelievably, they chose to call “The Beaver Shack” during a contest last summer!) However, it shall always be “Nickle Make” to me after the name I submitted! 😉

¶ Posted 06 July 2019 § Family § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, education

Music Monday – “Well, Canada’s been good to us/We’ve a living and a home/We’ve all got central heating air/And most are on the phone/I’m a citizen of both countries/And very proud to be/For the thistle and the maple leaf/Are the emblems of the free”

Happy Canada Day! I recently re-discovered this photo of myself and four other four Canadians on exchange to the University College of Ripon & York St. John (say that three times fast!) in 1995. I can’t remember the impetus for our fashion choice – maybe at a dance or for the new student orientation? – […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, travel

Music Monday – “Mama said “she’s my brothers daughter” and I don’t even know who’s my father/I guess she’s my cousin but she needs some sweet lovin’ anyway!”

When did I get into banjo music?!? Isn’t it music for inbred rednecks? 😉 “Banjo Odyssey” – The Dead South from Regina, Saskatchewan (who took some criticism for playing with those banjo/inbreeder stereotypes and issued an explanation in response)

¶ Posted 24 June 2019 § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Regina Northeast Community Association Family Fair & BBQ

I got to spend a few hours this afternoon at the annual summer fair of one of the community associations my library serves. There’d been a forecast of rain but the day turned out to be beautiful and I it was great fun to spend time with a bunch of my regular patrons, meet a […]

¶ Posted 23 June 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Politics § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Nickle Lake (October 2015)

¶ Posted 20 June 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Putting The “Bin” In Cabin

A husband and wife who are retired farmers decide to convert the grain bins they can’t sell into very unique rental cabins. I wasn’t much of a farmer growing up but I did shovel out a few bins in the summer, often in extreme heat (if it’s hot outside, it’s *extremely* hot in the bin) […]

¶ Posted 19 June 2019 § Family § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, economics, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Saturday Snap – Jurassic Park, Regina

Sasha and I enjoying the Raptors’ championship win on Friday night with ~20,000 of our closest friends! 😉

¶ Posted 15 June 2019 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

How The Raptors Became An Elite Team Using Only Non-Lottery Players

Heading into the big game tomorrow where the Toronto Raptors could clinch their first NBA championship, I found a video that might be helpful to all the new bandwagon fans (er, guilty – though I was a pretty massive NBA fan back in the Michael Jordan/Isiah Thomas/Magic Johnson era of the late 1980’s/early 1990’s) […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2019 § Canada § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, ontario

Saturday Snap – Community Presentation

A few months ago, one of the regulars at my branch asked me to speak to a retirees’ group she belongs to about the library and all it has to offer. Here’s a shot from after I finished speaking…