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Friday Fun Link – A Few Links About The World Cup of Soccer

* Jon Oliver on the mixed emotions football fans feel towards a game that’s more like a religion for most of them and the corrupt body that oversees the quadrennial tournament… * Twitter has enabled graphic hashtags of national flags for the World Cup. * Brazil’s inequality summed up in one stark football-related – although […]

Posted 14 June 2014 § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Censorship § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Normandy D-Day Landing Sites: Then and Now

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link per se but the concept of taking photos of D-Day landing sites then and now is definitely interesting CBC has also shown what D-Day might have been like if social media had existed at that time.

Posted 06 June 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

2014 Forbes Billionaire Facts & Figures

Posted 28 May 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

The Stanley Cup playoffs are heating up but it’s still the off season for some teams.  The official Twitter accounts of the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning engaged in what is perhaps the world’s first game of Twitter Tac Toe! “Dad Jokes” are shorthand for lame jokes that inevitably get groans from […]

Posted 20 May 2014 § Family § Humour § Infographic § List § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Travel § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Mother/You had me/But I never had you/I wanted you so bad/You didn’t want me.”

John Lennon’s raw, heartbreaking lament about accepting the abandonment and early loss of his mother as well as his absentee father.  Uhm, Happy Mother’s Day? “Mother” – John Lennon

Posted 12 May 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Some of the times science fiction led to science fact What Your Country Says About Your Reading Habits What’s the single biggest mistake parents can make? (AskReddit) 40 Ways Kids Ruin Everything Good In This World (very funny!) How The Working Class Was Forgotten 10 Segments That Make Us Ashamed To Be Wrestling Fans And one […]

Posted 06 May 2014 § Baby § Canada § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Bon Jovi Baby

This clip is hilarious, not just because it reminds me of the things my own kids do now but also because it reminds me of the folk-punk band I was in while on exchange to England which regularly integrated Bon Jovi lyrics into our own songs (in this case, the song became “I want her/Dead […]

Posted 04 May 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Coldplay Sends Fans on Quest to Find Hidden Lyrics in Libraries

No matter what you think of Coldplay, this is a pretty cool idea that might promote libraries to some folks who otherwise wouldn’t come through our doors (although as one librarian quipped, “I hope they make a donation to help cover the costs of a bunch of crazed fans ripping the stacks apart!”)

Posted 30 April 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I want to be a happy boy/This means you must employ my lies”

“October Swimmer” – JJ72

Posted 31 March 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: