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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Get the Shot! (December 2009)

At a Christmas party one of Shea’s nursing colleagues hosted in 2009, one feature was pre-made alcohol shots in syringes. Little did we know how much “get the shot” would change in meaning a decade later! ?

¶ Posted 13 January 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, food, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – MuchMusic in the 1980’s/1990’s

Saw an article that influential music and pop culture Canadian station, MuchMusic (later rebranded as “Much”) is moving on to TikTok and YouTube. I’m not sure young people today can appreciate how influential MuchMusic the station was with its VJ’s, dance parties at schools, Speaker’s Corner, special features (Snow Job!), the compilation albums (especially […]

¶ Posted 06 January 2022 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Tree (Dec 2014)

¶ Posted 23 December 2021 § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2021 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, hockey, holiday, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Kelloggs vs. GenZ

Kellogg’s workers in the States who have been on strike since October (in the US, apparently workers aren’t guaranteed their job after a strike as I believe is the case in Canada) were in the process of being laid off en masse by the company who wanted to hire 1400 permanent replacement workers. A bunch […]

¶ Posted 10 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Shea § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Death Star or Christmas Star? (December 2020)

Saw this cool projection on a house in the neighbourhood last year…

¶ Posted 09 December 2021 § Humour § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Intently Studying DC Comics (August 2011)

¶ Posted 02 December 2021 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Sodas (December 2011)

¶ Posted 25 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – There Are Many Reasons I Became a Librarian…

…my grandma having this set of very unique books, The Richards Topical Encyclopedia in her sun room is one of them! One of my pet theories is that most professions require extremely specialized knowledge – heart surgeon, carpenter, PhD researcher, appliance repair person. Librarian is one of a very few (teacher? politician?) professions where being […]

¶ Posted 18 November 2021 § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, cool, education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Lest We Forget (Grandpa Peet, circa 1944?)

My Grandpa Peet drove a tank in Holland during the war (Grandpa Hammond couldn’t enlist due to health reasons so he supported the war effort by continuing to farm back in Canada.) That’s why Remembrance Day is perhaps when I think of my Grandpa Peet more than any day of the year…the life he led, […]