The most unique, memorable NHL playoffs in history are down to the last few game(s) as the Dallas Stars and Tampa Lightning battle it out for the Stanley Cup.
Was digging through the depths of my computer’s hard drive and came across a pretty amazing find…the email receipt I got for my first ever order from Amazon back in summer 1997.
A few things to note…
not sure why but I used my work email address for the order when I’m pretty sure I had my own email (jhammond@dlcwest.com) DLCWest was one of the main ISPs in Regina in the earliest days of the Net (and a popular BBS before that) which is why I used them at work and home.
a reflection of the times that it was a text-only message with no graphics or fancy HTML
I’ve been collecting books on the Beatles for over twenty years!
Funny to see my old address and phone number
No free shipping let alone Prime Memberships in those days
In those early days, Amazon was still only books and it’s insane to think how they’ve grown to be such a force across so many sectors of retail and their founder has become the richest person in the world.
It’s funny how much debate and controversy that these types of lists stir up considering it is literally impossible to say that “Abbey Road” (#5) or “Pet Sounds” (#2) or “What’s Going On?” (#1) are “better” than one or the other (though obviously “Abbey Road” is the greatest album of all-time!) 😉
This video has some good insights into modern politics and especially in light of current battles over seating Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg’s replacement. It looks specifically at some of the reasons why liberals struggle against conservatives who are less likely to be bound to rules and precedent in their pursuit of power.
Okay, getting to one of the top o’ mind topics mentioned in my list yesterday – a new surprise album from Tyler Childers was released the other day. It features eight instrumental fiddle tunes then a single “regular” song with lyrics calling for more kindness and understanding among citizens including many who listen to Childers but may not support (or even understand) movements like Black Lives Matter even though there are many similarities between the plight of black people and the white rural poor.
Maybe anticipating the backlash from a certain segment of his audience, Childers also released a six-minute explanation of his position, his experiences during Covid (got sober, learned fiddle!), and a call to action.
My parents dropped off a very cool housewarming gift the other day – a Century Family Farm plaque our family received on the 100th anniversary of my great-great grandfather homesteading our family farm in 1883 – framed in barn boards from that same farm.
We got the plaque in 1983 (I think the same year we had a pretty huge family reunion) but the farm is still in our family (though we’ve rented the land out since my dad retired from farming) so that means this farm has been in our family for 137 years!
