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Why Pro Wrestling Is A Perfect Metaphor For Trump’s Presidency (And Ten Things Donald Trump Learned From ‘rasslin)

Trump continues to do things that no President has ever done before. As a lifelong fan of wrestling, I agree with much of what this commentator says (and have said it myself as well – scroll down to “American Idol” in this post from right after he won the Presidency.) Basically, in my view, Trump is […]

¶ Posted 02 July 2017 § List § News § Politics § Sports § United States § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

Friday Fun Link – Canada Politely Celebrates Its Independence

An American view of Canada 150.

¶ Posted 30 June 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

What Are Some Books That Everyone Studying Biology Should Read?

Actually, anyone who wants to be informed about the world around them should read many of these books.

¶ Posted 25 June 2017 § Library § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, book, education, history, science

Andrew Scheer Wins Federal Conservative Leadership? #CalledIt #cpcldr

My MP, Andrew Scheer,. surprised quite a few people by winning the leadership of the Conservative Party yesterday. Not me though. Way back in October 2015 on the night of the last federal election during the Liberal landslide, I called it: I doubled down in January 2017 when I reiterated that I thought Scheer would […]

¶ Posted 28 May 2017 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – What Word Do You Always Mispell?

Reddit’s AskReddit community has lots of good, if repetitive, questions including people regularly asking what words other people regularly misspell.

¶ Posted 26 May 2017 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

Some Random Thoughts From #rcmpmusicalride in #yqr

A group of eight of us were very excited to take in the “Canada 150” Edition of the RCMP Musical Ride last night, not least of which because Shea’s cousin’s husband is an RCMP member who has been training for the last couple years so that he could be riding in the Tattoo for this […]

¶ Posted 24 May 2017 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, language, music, saskatchewan

10 Advantages of a Seasonal Camping Site

I didn’t post over the weekend as we were camping at our seasonal site at Echo Valley Provincial Park. We’ve had our camper for three years (two full summers since we bought it in August of our first year) but so far, we’ve only done quick hit trips – a week here, a weekend there. Shea’s folks […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2017 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: camping, economics, holiday, saskatchewan, travel

No @ChickfilA For You Thanks To @TD_Canada Text Alerts!

About a year and a half ago, my credit card got compromised. I don’t think I blogged about it but I posted this on Facebook at the time in response to a post by someone else who said their card got compromised: I just had my first encounter with credit card fraud too. Early the […]

¶ Posted 17 May 2017 § MemoryLane § Randomness § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § UK § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, unitedstates

Regina Public Library Hosts Mental Health Trade Show

A very innovative program was held at Regina Public Library’s main branch on Saturday. Program lead for the event, Alejandra Cabrera, said she was pleased with the turnout of people both looking for and offering support. “Sometimes, people don’t know where to start, so if we just offer something that’s casual or drop-in for people, […]