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Music Monday – “Yeah, to the farmers and the first responders/To the truck drivers shiftin’ gears/Every nurse that needs a break, let me buy you a drink/There ain’t no “I” in beer”

Great pandemic song/video and somewhat ironic that truckers get a shout-out given the KluTruxKlan “Freedom” convoy happening right now.   But the reality is unvaxxed truckers are a very small minority and most truckers and the national trucking association support vaccinations.   “No ‘I” in Beer” – Brad Paisley

Posted 24 January 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “You know that old trees just grow stronger/And old rivers grow wilder every day/Old people just grow lonesome/Waiting for someone to say, “Hello in there, hello”

“Hello In There” – Ian Noe (John Prine Cover)

Posted 17 January 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Scientific Sunday – Tonga Volcanic Eruption May Be Largest Ever Seen From Space

Pretty good summary of the recent volcanic eruption in the south pacific…  

Posted 16 January 2022 § News § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Shortest Ever Pulse of Light Captured By Camera

There’s a joke in here somewhere about how time loses all meaning in the age of Covid but it’s too late for me to think of it.  Anyhow enjoy…

Posted 12 January 2022 § Randomness § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

RIP America’s Dad (1956-2022)

RIP Bob Saget.

Posted 11 January 2022 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Thunder Bay must have been a big mess/Night bus to Regina not at my best/I’m trying to fly straight but I come undone”

“The Opening Act” – Blue Rodeo

Posted 10 January 2022 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Half of N95 Style Masks Fail To Meet Minimum Standards of Protection in CBC Test

It’s such a tough time to be alive. Something that seems like it should be straight forward – buying N95-style masks because you want better protection against Omicron – could have all sorts of issues with sub-standard quality, even if purchased from legitimate retailers. Or the conflicting information that’s out there – for example, if […]

Posted 04 January 2022 § Jobs § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace 2021

In keeping with how shitty this year has been, the Shit Fireplace folks have truly outdone themselves with the latest edition of this important Christmas tradition. So nice to have this streaming on the TV on Christmas Eve bringing joy and warmth to all… 😉 (And bonus, the co-creators of these videos have both worked […]

Posted 24 December 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

An Atheist Takes In A “Blue Christmas” Ceremony

It’s been a tough end to the year. There are some fairly major changes happening at work that will affect myself and numerous other supervisors in the new year.  One of those supervisors, a friend and mentor, died unexpectedly at the start of December – quite young but also getting very close to retirement, having […]

Posted 22 December 2021 § MemoryLane § Sad § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Svalbard: The Northernmost Town on Earth

After our blizzard this week, I thought this video was fitting.  Reminds me that things could also be a bit more bleak! 😉

Posted 17 November 2021 § News § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: