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Music Monday – “Wishin’ I had money/Wishin’ for the time to spend it all/Wishin’ I was pretty/Wish that I could twist the world ’round my finger”

Stumbled across this folk/Americana version of “Wish I Was Skinny” by 1990’s Britpop band, Boo Radleys, which makes one of my favourite songs possibly even better! šŸ˜‰  

Posted 11 May 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Johnny Gaudreau Dekes Four Ducks

Flames lost but this was awesome.

Posted 08 May 2015 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) °

Hitler Reacts To Alberta NDP Victory

More thoughts later but for now, a laugh or two…      

Posted 06 May 2015 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “When the night has come/And the land is dark/And the moon is the only light we’ll see” (RIP Ben E. King)

Is there a better coming-of-age movie than “Stand By Me”? Ā And the title song of that movie is part of the reason it had such an impact on me. I remember seeing “Stand By Me” in the theatre in Indian Head when I was about 13 years old then walking out into the street and […]

Posted 04 May 2015 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna turn some heads/My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.”

Important Blog announcement: Hockey themed posts shall continue as long as the Flames are in the playoffs. One of the greatest hockey songs of all-time… Ā (Hmm, maybe that could be my theme for Music Mondays until the Flames win the Cup in June?) šŸ˜‰ Based on a true story… “Big League” – Tom Cochrane

Posted 27 April 2015 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sasha’s Second Birthday

Hard to believe our little girl is two years old today! Here’s a video I made of the (roughly) daily photos I took of her during her first year, something I’ve continued to do although a lot more sporadically in her second year.   Mobile friendly version…

Posted 16 April 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “They call me a troublemaker ā€™cause Iā€™m finally saying ā€œnoā€/Iā€™ve been working hard and yet my pay is still so low

A highlight of my time at the Writers Guild of Alberta wasĀ getting to book Maria Dunn to speak and perform at our annual conference at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. “Troublemaker” – Maria Dunn

Posted 13 April 2015 § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Johnny Gaudreau Ultimate Highlights

Flames clinched!

Posted 10 April 2015 § Canada § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “I’ve had enough of watching scenes/Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas/All I want is the truth now/Just gimme some truth”

“Gimme Some Truth” – John Lennon

Posted 06 April 2015 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Raw After Wrestlemania

Sunday night was Wrestlemania, the biggest PPV show on the WWE’s annual calendar. And after lots of doubts about the lead-up, it turned out to be one of the best Wrestlemanias of all-time in many observer’s opinions. Almost as good is the Raw After Wrestlemania… Imagine your favorite dramatic TV series, say, Game of Thrones […]

Posted 31 March 2015 § Meme § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,