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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”

  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 I […]

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: ,

The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

I’ve got a mini-Beatles/music theme going on the past couple days (so much so that when I looked at my post about the Mi’kmaq version of “Blackbird” yesterday, I thought it *was* my Music Monday post and I’d somehow missed posting on Tuesday!) Anyhow, to keep the theme going, here’s a YouTube video about one […]

Posted 05 June 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Don’t fill out any forms/Don’t compensate/Don’t cower/Don’t crawl/Don’t come around late/Don’t hover at the gate”

“Numb” – U2

Posted 06 May 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Rain Beatles Tribute in #yqr #raintribute

As a huge Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the “Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles” show earlier this week, especially since they played much of the Abbey Road album (which is my favourite Beatles album) in this version of their ongoing touring show.

Posted 20 April 2019 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #5 – Sociability

Okay, let’s resume the series I started before we left for Mexico where I write about some of the major things that have impacted the person I am today. The first four were my parents, my friends, books and travel (I won’t link to them here as I’ll probably do a master list at the […]

Posted 14 March 2019 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – How Did I Get Here? – #4 – Travel

Not sure if I’ll end up blogging much when we’re in Mexico next week but I thought making “travel” #4 in this series would be a good way to head into our holiday either way. The funny part is that my love of travel actually starts from a weird piece of family trivia – I […]

Posted 21 February 2019 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,