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Original Star Wars Movie Being Re-Released in Theatres For Its 50th Anniversary

Easily the movie I’ve watched the most times in my life. In the olden days when you would rent a VCR and get four movies to watch over a weekend, I would watch this multiple times. Over the years, I’ve probably watched it two dozen times? Maybe more. Star Wars. Not Episode 4. Not A […]

¶ Posted 26 May 2026 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, movies

Secular Sunday – Who Exactly Is Teaching Kids About “Socialism”?

A bit of a different take on secularism. But since it’s usually heavily religious conservative people yelling “Socialism!” at anything they don’t like, I’ll allow it…

¶ Posted 24 May 2026 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, history, philosophy

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

¶ Posted 21 May 2026 § Blog § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Secular Sunday – “You Die At The End of This…[Don’t Take] It Seriously Like There Is Any Way To Win In All This”

Seems cynical on first glimpse but it’s true – how many people seem to think they are going to “win” life by getting more money or traveling more or buying a newer car or whatever. Be kind, do the right thing, enjoy the ride. (Can you tell I’m back on a bit of a Doug […]

¶ Posted 26 April 2026 § Humour § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, philosophy

The Butterfly Effect of Trump’s Misadventure in Iran

Just incredible background and context to the butterfly effect of Trump’s egomaniacal disaster in Iran. https://t.co/0WNTcFvv5f — Dean Blundell?? (@ItsDeanBlundell) March 26, 2026

¶ Posted 31 March 2026 § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, education, science

Friday Fun Link – “Oh Poop!” A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale

With some help from ChatGPT, I/we wrote the following fairy tale… (Any resemblence to people, places or things living or on life support, is purely coincidental.) Oh Poop!: A Modern Illustrated Fairy Tale In a broad kingdom, flat as a table and swept by endless winds, there stood an aging castle at the heart of […]

¶ Posted 20 March 2026 § Humour § Internet § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, health, history, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Film Tax Credit Cuts Protest (May 2012)

There have been a lot of mistakes, a lot of missteps and a lot of deficit budgets. But cutting the Sask Film Tax Credit is arguably the single most negative impact the Sask Party has had on our province – chasing away film production and the skilled people who worked in the industry *just* as […]