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Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYoGf0pN9o “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

¶ Posted 02 May 2022 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, hockey

Music Monday – “She got a six-six-six/I’ve got my crucifix/She’s got a spinning head/Like seeing grateful dead”

“Greedy Soul” – Liam Gallagher

¶ Posted 25 April 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – 2022 Sask Book Awards Shortlist Announcement

I wasn’t able to pop over for the live announcement like I usually do (and with current Covid stats in Sakatchewan, maybe that’s okay too?) But nice to have an archived livestream of this year’s SBA shortlist announcement… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilAhyjfkLao

¶ Posted 22 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, saskatchewan

Friday Sad Link – RIP Mike Bossy (1957-2022)

Sad to hear that my absolute favourite NHL player of all-time, Mike Bossy, passed away today after a lengthy battle with lung cancer (almost unbelievably, one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time was also a heavy smoker, especially early in his career.) How much did I admire Bossy? To this day, I used “22” […]

¶ Posted 15 April 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

When Johnny Gaudreau Became A Legend

¶ Posted 13 April 2022 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

The Legend of How Gilbert Gottfried Turned a 9/11 Joke Into “The Aristocrats”

More than an uniquely annoying voice, Gilbert Gottfried was a comedian’s comedian and a comedy legend. RIP. Around two weeks after the attacks, one of the first big comedy events held in New York City was the Friar’s Club Roast of Hugh Hefner. Throughout the night, as funny as it was, there was also an […]

¶ Posted 12 April 2022 § Censorship § Humour § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, television

Friday Fun Link – “I’m sorry, I don’t want to be an emperor.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8HdOHrc3OQ

¶ Posted 25 March 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history

The World’s Longest Waterslide (And Some Thoughts on Zen Videos, Feelings of Melancholy and Modern Technology)

There’s something very zen about watching a video of someone going down the Guinness World Record Holding world’s longest waterslide which snakes through a jungle in Malaysia (some feel that the slowness of the slide is a negative but I disagree.) At the same time, there’s also something melancholy about thinking about how vast our […]