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Music Monday – “They’re singing deck the halls/But it’s not like Christmas at all/I remember when you were here/All the fun we had last year”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, noted curmudgeonly TV host, David Letterman hates Christmas music. But each year, he makes an exception for Darlene Love’s version of “It’s Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)” which he featured on his talk show with a four piece backing band in his earliest years… …and which has grown over the years to a […]

Posted 22 December 2014 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – 7 Top Kickstarter Projects Now Available on Amazon

Some really interesting, cool stuff here.

Posted 19 December 2014 § FridayFunLink § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World

A few years back, I did a post about Reddit’s /r/mapporn sub-Reddit. Now someone has compiled some of the best maps from that sub-Reddit that will blow your mind in one way or another.

Posted 07 December 2014 § Infographic § Randomness § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

100 Years of Style

Here’s another of those popular “Take yourself through time” videos – this one focused on fashion as much as music or dance or whatever… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JxfgId3XTs

Posted 23 November 2014 § Meme § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The World’s Most Contagious MythConceptions

These are 52 wildly held beliefs that also happen to be completely wrong. How many did you think were true?  (I’ll admit that I thought about a dozen of these were true – I’m just not going to admit which ones!) 😉

Posted 14 November 2014 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § List § Meme § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

We Live On An Amazing Planet

Yes, we do.

Posted 12 November 2014 § Meme § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Next Five Years of Superhero Movies

This infographic excites me greatly…

Posted 21 October 2014 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Do Not Touch

This site is pretty cool – a band created a crowdsourced music video comprised of people who visited their site following the instructions on screen.  Try it yourself!

Posted 17 October 2014 § FridayFunLink § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Percentage of US Workers Who Are Male/Female By Occupation

Ranging anywhere from kindergarten teacher (97.7% female) to boilermakers (99.8% male), this chart has lots of information that probably confirms what you already know but also provides an interesting overview of gender roles in the workplace. Librarians come in at 18% male/82% female right between “social worker” and “general office clerk” whereas for Shea (and my […]

Posted 05 October 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter.”

Here’s a great scene from the highly underrated British movie, “Brassed Off” which I re-watched this afternoon. (Bonus points for this speech also providing a sample for the song “Tubthumping” by anarcho-punk collective, Chumbawamba) This band behind me’ll tell you that that trophy means more to me than owt else in the whole world. But […]

Posted 28 September 2014 § Jobs § Politics § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,