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Secular Sunday – 10 Things This Atheist Worships

If not a deity, what else do I have incredible reverence for? My Family All Aspects of Science All Aspects of Technology The Human Brain Books of All Kinds Incredible Athletes/Athletic Performances Amazing Musicianship Humanity In All Its Crazy Glory Nature In All Its Infinite Variety But more specially, The Beach And more specifically than […]

Music Monday – “In a Mexican village a heavy week’s workin’ is done/All the boys and girls comin’ out in the streets havin’ fun/Doin’ La Bamba”

“Doing La Bamba” – Pussycat (featuring Toni Wille)

¶ Posted 16 January 2023 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Beach Scene, Dominican Republic (February 2015)

¶ Posted 12 January 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

RIP Uncle Stan Nagatani (1940-2022) (and a list of strangely positive things to come out of Covid)

Believe it or not, there have been a few good things to come out of Covid. Here’s a few… * greater acceptance of work-from-home in many sectors * I’d say that it’s caused many people to reassess their work-life balance * many people are also saving money by going out less for restaurants, entertainment, shopping. […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2023 § Family § List § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, holiday, parents, unitedstates

Music Monday – “I’m gonna hold on to every spot/It doesn’t make a difference if I use it or not/Sun is rising and folks are shocked to see/There’s no open slots”

This is a parody of cruise ship chair saving but could equally apply to the poolside chairs in most tropical resorts… “Towels on The Chairs” – ParoDeeJay

¶ Posted 09 January 2023 § Humour § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Corona Light? (February 2020)

Our last Mexican vacation was in late Feb/early March of 2020 just as Covid was breaking worldwide. I spent much of our week taking pictures of Corona beer cans thinking I was clever…

¶ Posted 05 January 2023 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, Covid, food, health, travel

Music Monday – “And it’s just like the ocean under the moon/Oh, it’s the same as the emotion that I get from you/You got the kind of lovin’ that can be so smooth, yeah/Give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about “

“Smooth” – Santana (featuring Rob Thomas)

¶ Posted 02 January 2023 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – EPL vs. CPL (Aug 2019, Feb 2022)

I’ve had the pleasure of visiting both the newly built Calgary Public Library Central Branch (in 2019) and newly-refurbished Edmonton Public Library (in 2022). And you know what? Newly built or refurbished, both are incredible libraries in their own ways with the main thing they have in common is both cities embracing the value of […]

¶ Posted 29 September 2022 § Humour § Library § Meme § MemoryLane § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education, travel