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Appalachian Man Interview – Elmer

“Soft White Underbelly” is a fascinating interview series on YouTube…

Posted 31 March 2021 § Randomness § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Apple’s M1 Chip

The announcement of the new Apple M1 chip last fall finally got me to make the leap from using a ~2012-era MacBook Pro which was at the point that it was basically held together with digital duct tape and prayers to buying a new MacBook Air which arrived this week. I’ll likely share some expanded […]

Posted 26 March 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Music Monday – “You and me have seen everything to see/From Bangkok to Calgary/And the soles of your shoes are all worn down/The time for sleep is now”

  “I Will Follow You Into the Dark” – Death Cab for Cutie (cover)

Posted 22 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Why No Aquarium Has A Great White Shark

Random Sunday afternoon YouTube algorithm finds…both interesting and sad:

Posted 21 March 2021 § Randomness § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Coronavirus Cake

Thinking about ideas for Sasha’s birthday…  

Posted 19 March 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Roud Folk Song Index

Doing some quick research about yesterday’s post led to me to discover the Roud Folk Song Index which I don’t think I’d heard of before but which reminds me once again (as if I need reminding!), why librarians and archivists are so vital to society (and also interesting, witty and funny!): The Roud Folk Song […]

Posted 16 March 2021 § Humour § Library § PopCulture § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Unfinished Business”

The floundering Flames shocked the hockey world by firing their coach late Thursday night (after a victory even!) and announcing that former coach, Darryl Sutter, who led them to the game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals in 2004 before coming up short, would be retaking the reins of the team. That run was when […]

Posted 05 March 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Mark my words/This love will make you levitate/Like a bird/Like a bird without a cage”

Guest DJ is Sasha today:   “Dark Horse” – Katy Perry

Posted 01 March 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – How Different Would E.T. Be In The 21st Century? #ftrw

  Shea and I have been showing the kids a lot of our favourite movies from when we were growing up – “Dirty Dancing” to “Adventures in Babysitting” to “Airplane!” – movies that both of us remember being allowed to watch by our parents at relatively young ages with no censorship or restrictions (*maybe* I’d […]

Posted 26 February 2021 § Canada § Censorship § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Two – Music Monday – “Mama said, she’s my brothers daughter/And I don’t even know who’s my father/I guess she’s my cousin/But she needs some sweet lovin’ anyway” – #ftrw

I posted this song in June 2019 with only a brief reference to the controversy around the song’s contents which evoke incest and rape. But I thought it might be worth revisiting for FTRW, especially in light of the news that came out in August 2020 that the band’s bassist had subsequently been accused of […]

Posted 22 February 2021 § Censorship § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,