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Music Monday – “Polly wants a cracker/I think I should get off her first/I think she wants some water/To put out the blow torch”

Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, released on September 24, 1991, is 25 years old. (I feel old.) “Polly” (isolated vocals) – Kurt Cobain

¶ Posted 19 September 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland (August 2006)

Since I’ve got a bit of a rock & roll theme going this week with the various posts about RPL’s 50th “Retro” Anniversary Party featuring Rory Allen this Saturday from 1-4pm, I thought I’d post a picture of me outside the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland…

¶ Posted 15 September 2016 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Honey, I know, I know I know/Times are changing/It’s time we all reach out/For something new, that means you too”

Some say that the mark of a great song is that you can re-work it into a different style of music and it’s just as powerful. This is a good example of that theory in practice… “Purple Rain” (Bluegrass cover) – Leroy Justice

¶ Posted 12 September 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Hillary Clinton’s Invisible Guiding Hand

At least in terms of prestigious office location at Hillary HQ, Hillary’s chief statistician is given equal weight to the Campaign Chairperson, the Campaign Manager and her most trusted assistant. There’s a good reason why – this might be the most data-driven campaign in history. Some Republicans aren’t just nervous about losing to Clinton in November. […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2016 § News § Politics § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, science

Music Monday – “But if I work all day in the blue sky mine/There’ll be food on the table tonight.”

Happy Labour Day! “Blue Sky Mine” – Midnight Oil

¶ Posted 05 September 2016 § Canada § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Did Donald Trump Start His Presidential Campaign To Gain Negotiating Leverage With NBC?

In this election cycle, sure, why not?

¶ Posted 16 August 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

The First Cyber Security Election?

Most recent US Presidential elections get tagged as the first “something” – the first TV election, the first Internet election, etc. I think it’s pretty clear that 2016 is the first Cyber-Security election… Early in the campaign, Bernie Sanders’ staff accessed a Democratic National Committee database containing info about the Clinton campaign via a security hole in […]

¶ Posted 10 August 2016 § Censorship § Internet § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history, twitter

Friday Fun Link – God, I Miss Jon Stewart

Luckily, he’s living under Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” desk… (Oh, and here’s a summary of 25 of Trump’s biggest lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations from his convention speech last night.)

¶ Posted 22 July 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, television, unitedstates

An Open Letter From A Sanders Supporter to Democrats Calling For “Unity”

This is long but worth a read… Dear Democrats, As the absurd Trump convention grinds on, somewhere in Philadelphia I imagine there is an army of volunteers inflating one hundred thousand colorful balloons. It is no secret that not all of us are going to be in a celebratory mood when those balloons rain down […]