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Category Archives: Xmas

Beer Me – Advent Beer Calendar Edition

Beer Me! is a YouTube series where a couple hipsters from BC drink half a dozen of a certain kind of beer (they claim in an hour) rating each on things like artwork, taste, reliability, etc. while getting progressively more wasted.  (They also occasionally do a bottle of hard stuff.) There have been some funny […]

Posted 09 January 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Five Topics of The Holidays

I realised that our social calendars this holiday season were as full as they’ve been in years due to a little miracle called “Pace Gets His Home Alone & Babysitting Certification”. So compared to other years where we had the hassle and expense of lining up babysitters if we wanted to go out, this year, […]

Posted 06 January 2019 § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Elf Helper

Had an elf helping me with the sad job of packing up the tree and decorations and Christmas books for another year…

Posted 29 December 2018 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Over The Years

I whipped together this montage fairly quickly right before Christmas to show everybody on Christmas Eve. It’s not my best work – my first attempt ended up with the music I picked not working properly.  Then I tried to use YouTube’s Creative Commons music but couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to […]

Posted 27 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Which Is The Best Air Fryer?

Happy Boxing Day everyone!  

Posted 26 December 2018 § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “It’s Christmastime in Washington/The Democrats rehearsed/Gettin’ into gear for four more years/Things not gettin’ worse”

“Christmas in Washington” – Steve Earle

Posted 24 December 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Secular Sunday – Why Do Atheists Celebrate Christmas?

Also: For our kids To spend time with extended family Because it’s part of our own personal history and tradition Because it’s become a secular holiday as much as a religious one Because atheists know Christmas started as a pagan solstice festival and early Christians adopted many rituals to help convert people to their new […]

Posted 23 December 2018 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)  

Posted 21 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

WestJet’s 2018 Christmas Ad

I’m always conscious that these videos are as much about marketing as any sort of true holiday sentiment. But they *are* well-done so it’s been a bit of a minor Christmas tradition for me ot post these videos since they are usually pretty heartwarming. Here’s WestJet’s 2018 version…  

Posted 18 December 2018 § Canada § Family § PopCulture § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “And you won’t understand/But you will learn someday/That wherever you are and whatever you face/These are the people who’ll make you feel safe in this world/My sweet blue-eyed girl”

This is a bit shaky cam but I haven’t posted this amazing Christmas song for a few years so I thought I’d do so with a different version that’s even more fun than the original… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBgRdSbQ56Q “White Wine in the Sun” – Tim Minchin

Posted 17 December 2018 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,