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Music Monday – “This is where we test out our replacement needs/This is where we’re knitting mitts for refugees/This is where we medicate in bathroom stalls/This is where we call home from a payphone down the hall”

On Feb 25, 2019, Winnipeg’s Millennium Library installed airport-style security screening. This led to a massive drop in attendance. Many no longer feel welcome in this free public space. Community group Millennium for All is fighting for welcoming, just, accessible and fully funded libraries. “Millennium For All” – John K. Samson

Posted 18 October 2021 § Library § MusicMonday § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Regina Company Releases Virtual Reality Hockey Game

My wife is really excited to know I’m going to be wearing something over my eyes while swinging a hockey stick around in our living room – welcome to the future! 😉  

Posted 15 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “The Years Have Flown By” 50th Anniversary Charter Plane Ride

I alluded to this in Thursday’s post when I wrote “the years have flown by” about my mom and dad’s 50th Anniversary.  But I didn’t want to give away the big surprise I had planned for their anniversary gift knowing they read my blog. Honestly, it was a bit tough trying to come up with […]

Posted 08 October 2021 § Family § FridayFunLink § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Got to give us what we want/Gotta give us what we need/Our freedom of speech is freedom or death/We got to fight the powers that be”

Rolling Stone has totally remade their “Best Songs of All-Time” list from scratch. Still probably a bit too heavy on Boomer Rock Classics but at least they’re trying… I posted the #1 pick just a few months ago so will post the #2 song which definitely shows how the list has changed… “Fight The Power” […]

Posted 27 September 2021 § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ram Ranch (NSFW)

I’m not sure what I’ve been listening to or what I’ve done wrong in my life generally but had to chuckle when this song I never heard before came up on the “Shuffle” play mode of my streaming service driving home from work the other day.  Good thing the person beside me at the red […]

Posted 24 September 2021 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Heels” Trailer

I find it hilarious that my wife wasn’t going to watch this wrestling-based TV series until Ben Mulroney of all people recommended it on the CTV Morning News! (Of course I also find it funny that Ben Mulroney is recommending this behind-the-scenes wrestling show which has lots of violence – as you’d expect – and […]

Posted 22 September 2021 § Family § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture § Shea § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Making a Difference at the Library (May 2021)

“He likes repetition,” she said. “So it’s like ‘yea you were just at the library to visit Jason, and you got to see Cheri, and Shirley gave you the hand stamp. There’s a real connection there that’s vital to him.’” Brandon was a child of the system who was put into foster care at the […]

Posted 16 September 2021 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I’m just a singer of simple songs/I’m not a real political man/I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I can tell you/The difference in Iraq and Iran” or “Hey Uncle Sam, put your name at the top of his list/And the Statue of Liberty started shakin’ her fist/And the eagle will fly man, it’s gonna be hell/When you hear mother freedom start ringin’ her bell”

Is it possible to track the polarization of American politics to two very different country songs released in the wake of 9/11 – one contemplative and questioning while the other is aggressive and angry? Not saying this is the reason politics is so polarized but definitely a reflection of a moment where American politics got […]

Posted 13 September 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Antarctica, South Pole at Night

Posted 07 September 2021 § Jobs § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And Cody says, ‘He didn’t raise the dead’ Says ‘religion’s just a trick/To keep hard-working folks in line”/He says it makes his stomach sick.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4uiCvXYpaQ “Cody” – The Killers

Posted 06 September 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,