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Music Monday – “Wishing I was kissing/A girl with lips smooth as pearl/Wishing I was pretty/Wish that I could twist the world round my finger/Wishing I had money/Wishing for the time to spend it all”

“Wish I Were Skinny” – Boo Radleys

Posted 26 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Oh help me Jesus/Come through this storm/I had to lose her/To do her harm”

Shea and I are now onto “Peaky Blinders” for our latest must-watch TV series (what’s the opposite of binging where you watch one or two episodes a night, slowly, over time?) and part of the appeal is a kick-ass soundtrack… “Down By The Water” – PJ Harvey

Posted 12 April 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Pogues – Live at the Town & Country Club (1988)

Posted 17 March 2021 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]

Posted 16 March 2021 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And if anyone can aid me ‘t is my brother in the army/If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney/And if he’ll go with me, we’ll go rovin’ through Kilkenney/And I’m sure he’ll treat me better than my own a-sporting Jenny”

  “Whiskey in the Jar” – Irish Rovers

Posted 15 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Most Shocking Moments in the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Interview with Oprah

But of course the experts knew all along that it would be shocking! 😉  

Posted 09 March 2021 § Jobs § Meme § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Boxing Day Classic (Multiple Years)

When I was in high school and later, in university, the neighbours across the street hosted a Boxing Day road hockey tournament every year. This was followed by an airing of the latest Don Cherry “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em” VHS tape that one of their two boys got from Christmas, finger foods, basement beers and […]

Posted 28 January 2021 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Beatles: Get Back: A Sneak Peek From Peter Jackson

This looks amazing and I am excite!

Posted 23 December 2020 § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

V-Day!

After a very strange, long, historic year, it feels pretty monumental that the UK is the first country rolling out their Covid vaccine starting today (okay, Russia actually started a few days ago but I think the UK is getting all the attention since that’s the Pfizer one most of the world will be using) […]

Posted 08 December 2020 § Canada § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – Beer Coaster Collage (1995 to now)

I went through a phase in college where I collected beer coasters.  I never did anything with them but after rediscovering them in a container when we moved to our new house, I decided to at least mount them on an unused corkboard. (Of course, since we’re in a new house and our tastes are […]

Posted 22 October 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: