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Friday Fun Link – KISS Does The Beatles

Found this flitting around YouTube – is there any band that doesn’t love The Beatles?  (Okay, Michael Stipe famously dissed The Beatles as “elevator music” but I think he later admitted he only meant they weren’t the music he listened to but often heard in the background.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY79GHDhiew  

Posted 27 December 2019 § FridayFunLink § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

This thread about working in a library went viral because it’s funny, passionate, angry and utterly lovely

https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2019/05/16/working-library-thread-viral-passionate-angry-funny-and-lovely/2/

Posted 19 November 2019 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Our house, was our castle and our keep/Our house, in the middle of our street/Our house, that was where we used to sleep”

“Our House” – Madness  

Posted 04 November 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Genius of John Lennon’s Guitar Playing

Man, I love the Beatles!  

Posted 16 October 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’m a professional cynic/But my heart’s not in it/I’m paying the price of living life at the limit/Caught in the century’s anxiety”

“Country House” – Blur

Posted 14 October 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Some Thoughts on Thomas Cook’s Collapse and the Possible Impacts on Worldwide Tourism

As someone who loves visiting all-inclusive resorts (and frequently meets overseas guests while there including many who probably traveled with Thomas Cook), I’ve been watching the collapse of the 178 year old travel agency with with great interest. Some thoughts: * Some are calling this the first “Brexit Bankruptcy“, a result of uncertainty caused by […]

Posted 24 September 2019 § Jobs § News § Sad § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Now Campbeltown Loch is a beautiful place/But the price of the whiskey is grim/How nice it would be if the whiskey was free/And the Loch was filled up to the brim”

One of the best things about traveling is the people you meet. I met a young guy from Scotland at the Banff Hot Spring and during our conversation, mentioned my grandmother was born in Campbeltown, Scotland. He asked if I knew this old folk song and I admitted that I didn’t (though I quickly filed […]

Posted 19 August 2019 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Everybody’s talking about bagism”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry9honCV3qc   Shea and I went to “Yesterday” as my annual birthday movie tonight and it got me thinking about how long I’ve been a Beatles fan (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed in university) and how long I’ve been using computers (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed when […]

Posted 16 July 2019 § Family § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and Live Aid (1985) Scene Comparison

This is pretty cool!  

Posted 02 July 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Well, Canada’s been good to us/We’ve a living and a home/We’ve all got central heating air/And most are on the phone/I’m a citizen of both countries/And very proud to be/For the thistle and the maple leaf/Are the emblems of the free”

Happy Canada Day! I recently re-discovered this photo of myself and four other four Canadians on exchange to the University College of Ripon & York St. John (say that three times fast!) in 1995. I can’t remember the impetus for our fashion choice – maybe at a dance or for the new student orientation? – […]

Posted 01 July 2019 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,