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Friday Fun Link – Stay in an AirBnB, Run a Bookstore!

The “Open Book” is a combination AirB&B and bookstore in Scotland where guests can spend their visit running the bookstore below the apartment! @chrislawlor The Open Book in Scotland ? Library Poets – Lysander  

Posted 19 June 2026 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § Photo § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Think of you with pipe and slippers, think of her in bed/Laying there just watching telly, then think of me instead.”

Going through a bit of a Beautiful South phase right now.  Discovered them while on exchange in England and have fond memories of singing their sarcastic lyrics over beautiful melodies in the hallway with my dormmates. Even had “Prettiest Eyes” as Shea’s and my first song at our wedding dance! “Don’t Marry Her (Fuck Me)” […]

Posted 01 June 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “And nothing ever stays/Nothing comes to mind/And no one can erase/The days we left behind”

We’re all getting older and mortality seems very close sometimes… “Days We Left Behind” – Paul McCartney “April Come She Will/Sound of Silence” – Paul Simon

Posted 18 May 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Due to lack of interest/Tomorrow is cancelled/Let the clocks be reset/And the pendulums held”

“Ruby” – Kaiser Chiefs

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Music Monday – “Should five percent appear too small/Be thankful I don’t take it all/’Cause I’m the taxman/Yeah, I’m the taxman.”

“Taxman” – The Beatles

Posted 23 March 2026 § Library § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

St. Patrick’s Day Humour

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Music Monday – “At 12 o’clock, a meeting ’round the table/For a seance in the dark/With voices out of nowhere/Put on specially by the children for a lark.”

everyone deserves to hear liam gallagher sing Cry Baby Cry by the beatles at least once in their lives pic.twitter.com/iJcyz5js56 — lena ??°? (@DlRTYSHlRT) March 10, 2026 “Cry Baby Cry” – Liam Gallagher (covering The Beatles)

Posted 09 March 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “She’s sweeter than all the girls and/I met quite a few Nobody in all the world can do what she can do/And so I’m telling you, this time you’d better stop”

“Another Girl” – The Beatles

Posted 19 January 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Sashie Rotten?

Separated at birth? Johnny Rotten Sashie Rotten

Posted 17 January 2026 § Humour § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I just wanna know how you feel/Want a love that’s so proud and real.”

“Fuh You” – Paul McCartney

Posted 12 January 2026 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: