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Category Archives: Travel

Friday Fun Link – Map of the World’s Rudest Place Names Is A Thing of Beauty

Inordinately proud I’ve been to some of these places.  

Posted 09 December 2016 § Canada § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Infographic § MemoryLane § Randomness § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Is That A Big Orange or a Little Banana? (Jan 2012)

I’ve always loved how cute Pace looks in this photo from our family trip to Hawaii in 2012…

Posted 24 November 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

17 Most Insane Urban Climbs

Pace and I watched this last night.  He thought it was awesome and I nearly vomited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gDGKJUOIL0

Posted 20 November 2016 § Family § Pace § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Analyzing the Best and Worst Movie Accents

A Hollywood accent coach made a video then followed it up with a Reddit AMA…

Posted 18 November 2016 § Canada § Jobs § PopCulture § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Chichen Itza Stairs

We didn’t get here when we were in the Mayan Riviera during our wedding in 2003 and I don’t know if we’ll have time during our upcoming trip this winter. But this would definitely be something to see (and I know one parkour freak in our family who would *love* to climb this steep pyramid!) […]

Posted 24 October 2016 § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Let me walk/Let me go with you/I see you alone/I see you alone.”

Heard this while listening to our satellite TV’s “Tropical” station.  (No idea if the Google Translation of some lyrics in the title of this post is accurate or not.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAi_-GOTVW0 “Déjame Acompañarte” – Omar Enrique & Elvis Crespo

Posted 24 October 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Mexican Brewery Tricks Donald Trump Supporters Into Paying For A Beer Bash in Mexico

A Mexican brewery tricked Donald Trump supporters outside one of his rallies into buying shirts that appeared to have a pro-Trump message but, when the temperature rose, would display an anti-Trump message. The brewer promised to use proceeds from the sale to fund an election party in Mexico around the time of the election.

Posted 23 October 2016 § Humour § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Sandos Caracol All-Inclusive Resort, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Sandos Caracol is the name of the resort we’ve booked for our hot holiday this winter. We’re pretty excited – as one review I read online observed: “One of the best things about this resort is that it has all the things you’d normally pay extra for as excursions or at least for an extra […]

Posted 16 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Next Trip Is Booked

We’ve had a lot of trips in the interim but we haven’t been to Mexico since 2004.  But we’re about to correct that – we just booked our next winter trip!

Posted 13 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

North Korea Accidentally Makes Some of Its Restricted Web Sites Available Worldwide

In most professions, you try to learn all you can about a single area.  One of the coolest things about librarians/librarianship is that it’s a profession where you benefit from knowing a little bit about a lot of things. This story combines a few of my many varied interests – the Internet, North Korea, propaganda, international politics, […]

Posted 20 September 2016 § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,