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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – NHL Heritage Classic (October 2019)

The abbreviated, Covid-impacted 2021 NHL season began yesterday but it really begins tonight as my Calgary Flames begin their season with rematch of the NHL Heritage Classic that was held in Regina just over a year ago (or about a decade ago by Covid time!)

Posted 14 January 2021 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – “Songbird” Trailer

How did I miss that Michael Bay had produced a Covid-19 themed movie early during the pandemic that started production in May 2020 and was released in December? The reviews are predictably bad but I’d probably still watch it.

Posted 08 January 2021 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Spent last year like you’re under a curse/Better get better cuz it can’t get worse/Unless you’re riding in the back of a hearse”

“Everything’s Gonna Be Better Next Year” – The Rescues

Posted 04 January 2021 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

RIP Luke Letlow (Maybe?)

It’s an interesting question about how we should feel when someone makes bad, ill-informed choices that lead directly to their death. *Of course* every death is sad.  *But maybe* it’s not quite as sad when someone willingly makes a conscious choice to avoid even the most basic Covid precautions and then ends up dying of […]

Posted 29 December 2020 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Google’s 2020 Year in Search (And A Couple Other Year-in-Review Compilations Too)

And since it was such a memorable year, I’ll add a couple other “year in review” compilations…    

Posted 29 December 2020 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Covid Nativity

Posted 27 December 2020 § Humour § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Covid Continuum

As Saskatchewan adds more restrictions, mostly on retailers in the post-Christmas period, I’m thinking a lot about how everyone is somewhere different on what I think of as the “Covid Continuum”. I’d say the range for this starts with anyone who’s absolutely minimized their outings since March – maybe only leaving the house to buy […]

Posted 26 December 2020 § Family § List § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Oh I’m/Staying home this Christmas/For friends and for strangers/And for family”

“Staying Home This Christmas” – Dillon Currie

Posted 21 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Stop Bitching That Your Christmas Is Ruined

Posted 20 December 2020 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Nice Lights! @HawksleyWorkman

Shea and I took the kids for our annual “Twinkle Tour” around Regina tonight and funny to think how Covid has even influenced this simple tradition… – immediately noticing a higher amount of traffic at the “starred” houses on the Sparkle Tour web site, likely because there are fewer other entertainment options – no work […]

Posted 18 December 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,