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The History of the English Language in 10 Minutes

Posted 20 March 2014 § Humour § Library § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Edward Snowden’s Surprise TED Talk

Hero.

Posted 19 March 2014 § Censorship § Internet § Politics § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Begosh and begorra/Ev’ry Irish son and daughter/Ev’ry good old Irish name and his relation”

Thanks to community radio for bringing this song to my awareness a couple days ago. Useless trivia: the song doesn’t mention “Murphy” in the long list of Irish names it features even though “Murphy” is the most common surname in Ireland. Happy St. Paddy’s everyone! “It’s A Great Day For The Irish” – Judy Garland

Posted 17 March 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Linda! Linda! You’re Not Listening to Me!”

God, I find this funny…

Posted 14 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Music loud and women warm/I’ve been kicked around/Since I was born.”

Bruce Springsteen has been covering songs by local artists during various stops on his Australian tour – INXS, AC/DC and Lorde. Oh, and this one… “Staying Alive” – Bee Gees (Bruce Springsteen cover)

Posted 03 March 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Rock and Roll!

I sometimes think the only reason we have kids is to teach them cute tricks. Sasha has a few – when you say “Are you cute?”, she’ll tilt her head at 90 degrees (usually), if you ask how big she is, she’ll throw both arms up over her head (usually), she can wave when prompted […]

Posted 01 March 2014 § Baby § Family § Humour § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Russian “Human Flies” Illegally Climb the Highest Structure in China and Second Highest in the World

Definitely don’t watch this video if you suffer from vertigo…

Posted 28 February 2014 § FridayFunLink § Sports § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “The UK has the monarchy/The US has the money/But I know that you wanna be Canadian”

I bookmarked this song a long time ago but don’t think I ever posted it. Seems appropriate in light of Canada’s recent success in the Winter Olympics. “Canadian Please”.  (If memory serves, this was made by students at UWO where I did my MLIS.)

Posted 24 February 2014 § Canada § Humour § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Oh please/Say to me/You’ll let me be your man”

Yesterday was the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show where they performed to a record-setting audience of 70 million people. Here’s a clip from one of their performances that night… “I Want To Hold Your Hand” – The Beatles

Posted 10 February 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – The #sochi #olympics Are Actually The Gayest Olympics of All-Time #sochiproblems

Today saw the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  Lots has been made about Russia’s anti-gay laws and the statement by the mayor of Sochi that their community of 400,000 people has no gay people which have drawn protests from everyone from the Head of the UN to Google to the Canadian […]

Posted 07 February 2014 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,