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Friday Fun Link – British vs. Canadian English

I still tell the story of the woman I traveled to England with for a University exchange in 1995 meeting a group of people in a pub and saying she hadn’t changed her pants in days. Turns out trousers are pants in England and pants are underwear! 🙂

¶ Posted 06 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, travel

Why Does The “Bernie Bro” Myth Persist?

Because the media isn’t doing their job?

¶ Posted 11 February 2020 § Internet § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: twitter

Music Monday – “It’s over/You don’t need to tell me/I hope you’re with someone who makes you feel/Safe in your sleep, being tonight/I won’t kill myself trying to stay in your life/I’ve got no distance left to run.”

“No Distance Left To Run” – Blur

¶ Posted 10 February 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § UK ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “We’re all gonna die someday lord/We’re all gonna die someday Mama’s on pills daddy’s over the hill/But we’re all gonna die someday”

“We’re All Gonna Die Someday” – Kasey Chambers

¶ Posted 03 February 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Great Article (But I Still Wish We Had A Film Industry in Saskatchewan!)

Layton Burton was one of the few who didn’t have to leave the province when the government cut the Film Tax Credit but he did have to go back to school in his 50’s and completely reinvent himself.

¶ Posted 03 February 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, movies, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – Family Man Retires at 39

Tim works at RPL (I know “works at RPL” conflicts with the title of this post but he works here in the same way that a retired 65 year old might pick up a part-time job at a local retailer to keep busy/do something they enjoy/make some “mad money” to supplement their savings.) Anyhow, a […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2020 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Bell Let’s Talk – Counterpoint

Wednesday was Bell Media’s “Let’s Talk” Day which promotes removing the stigma around mental health by talking about it. While the idea behind it is a good and admirable one, there are also some things that make it quite problematic, especially when its a private corporation rather than government or non-profits working in that area […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2020 § Canada § Meme § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, rant

“Losing My Religion” – The Story Behind the Song

A bit more about the song I featured in yesterday’s “Music Monday” post…

¶ Posted 28 January 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

It’s Okay To Have Too Many Books, In Fact, It May Be Beneficial

After a lifetime as a reader, studying English in undergrad, working with book publishers and writers across two provinces, attending book & publishing conferences where advanced reading copies are given out freely, even hitting way too many charity book sales and garage sales in my life, I suspect I own roughly a thousand books. How […]

¶ Posted 26 January 2020 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language, science

Fossilized Opal Dinosaur Tooth

Considering I barely passed Geology 101 with a 51% to get my undergrad science credit (whew!), I spend a lot of time these days thinking about dinosaurs, geologic time, and the makeup of our planet. I know we’re hardwired for it as a species but I also think a lot about how all humans (hi!) […]