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Friday Fun Link – British vs. Canadian English

I still tell the story of the woman I traveled to England with for a University exchange in 1995 meeting a group of people in a pub and saying she hadn’t changed her pants in days. Turns out trousers are pants in England and pants are underwear! 🙂

Posted 06 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Why Is OK Computer So Good?

My generation’s “Sgt. Pepper’s”?  

Posted 12 February 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s over/You don’t need to tell me/I hope you’re with someone who makes you feel/Safe in your sleep, being tonight/I won’t kill myself trying to stay in your life/I’ve got no distance left to run.”

“No Distance Left To Run” – Blur

Posted 10 February 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Sorry, @officialRPL, I have a new favourite “RPL”

Radiohead has launched the Radiohead Public Library – a massive online archive of streaming albums, music & concert videos, rarities, merchandise and much more. Here’s a list of ten things that are getting fans very excited about this new site. And just for the heck of it, something not on the RPL site but instead, […]

Posted 21 January 2020 § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

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.)  

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: , , ,