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RIP John Mann (1964-2019)

It was a long, inevitable farewell. After announcing his Early Onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2014, John Mann, lead singer and frontman of the seminal 90’s Canadiana band, Spirit of the West, embarked on a farewell tour with the band in 2014. Shea and I got to see this show and it reminded me of why, […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Saturday Snap – Is Edo My Favourite Food Court Choice?

Probably. This seriously doesn’t even look like fast food as far as I’m concerned:

¶ Posted 16 November 2019 § Photo § Randomness § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food

Friday Fun Link – ASMR: The Biggest YouTube Trend You’ve Never Heard Of

I hadn’t heard of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) until seeing it referred to on Twitter earlier this week in a joke about how addictive it is. Turns out ASMR is huge!

¶ Posted 15 November 2019 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: twitter, youtube

Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Movember Display

Staff at my branch had a lot of fun creating this display…

¶ Posted 09 November 2019 § Humour § Library § News § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Ten Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Nothing too surprising on this list but here you go… 1. Although my mother-in-law battled a serious form of cancer for most of last year, she’s doing much better and, knock on wood, everyone else in our immediate family is doing well healthwise from Sasha who’s six years old to my dad who’s seventy years […]

¶ Posted 13 October 2019 § Family § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, parents

Saturday Snap – Hockey’s Back! (And so is beer!)

I’ve been trying to greatly reduce my beer drinking from summer camping levels (essentially down to one per week instead of one per hour!) and I’m also trying to drink only terrible tasting low-carb beer (fuck, I’m old.) But I made a special exception for one last beer I had left from our Calgary trip […]

¶ Posted 05 October 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, beer, camping, hockey, television

Unfortunately, I Know I’d Be Easier To Catch Than The Road Runner!

I make the occasional run out to Indian Head and around the Qu’Appelle Valley and after my parents won a few free oil changes at the local car dealership and offered me one, I had an excuse for another road trip yesterday after I got the kids off to school. The free oil change turned […]

¶ Posted 17 September 2019 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents, science

Saturday Snap – Building A Playground Is Building A Community

With our respective schedules, Shea and I end up with one Friday off together each month. Yesterday, we did some errands in the morning then went over to our kids’ school where, after years of fundraising by the Student Community Council, they were finally about to build a new playground structure with the help of […]

¶ Posted 14 September 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, saskatchewan