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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Oscar Is Here! (May 2007)

Instead of just posting a random picture from the past, I thought I’d try something new and post a link to a long ago article to take advantage of the fact that I have kept this blog going for nearly twenty years (!) which means its going to qualify for a pension soon! And what […]

Posted 22 May 2025 § Blog § MemoryLane § Pace § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Body and beats/I stain my sheets/I don’t even know why/My girlfriend, she’s at the end/She is starting to cry.”

“Blister in the Sun” – The Violent Femmes

Posted 19 May 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s a working man I am/And I’ve been down under ground/And I swear to God if l ever see the sun Or for any length of time I can hold it in my mind/I never again will go down under ground”

Decided to go to Regina’s “Day of Mourning” event at City Hall this year. Twenty-seven people died workplace-related deaths last year and this was the first year I knew one of them which makes the whole thing a lot more real. This was a song they played at the end of the ceremony. “Working Man” […]

Posted 28 April 2025 § Jobs § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – The Real Luxuries in Life

 

Posted 23 April 2025 § Family § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Happy Place (Jan 2022)

The house we moved to in Fall 2019 has a few things our old house didn’t have – a lot more space, attached garage, walk-in closet, opens onto a green space and a designated office. This proved to be very fortunate when the Covid shutdown happened and I was working from home spending a lot […]

Posted 17 April 2025 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Five *Good* Things About Dementia

Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]

Posted 08 April 2025 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“It Is Now Impossible To Get H5N1 Out of the Ecosystem of North America”

1. I am of the firm belief that it is now impossible to get H5N1 out of the ecosystem of North America. Bluntly put, there is now simply too much virus present in wild birds and mammals to be able to contain it. There are also likely many more human cases than reported. — Conor […]

Posted 18 March 2025 § News § Politics § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Japanese Head Massage/Vietnamese Noodle Bowls

Shea and I decided to try the Japanese Head Massage at Salon 13 in the Northgate Mall as our Valentine’s gift to each other followed by lunch at the restaurant quality food court gem, “Hung Kitchen“. Very relaxing!  Very delicious!

Posted 15 February 2025 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Finland Rebuilt Their Economy And Became The Happiest Nation on Earth

In 1945, Finland was poor and war-torn. They owed 6% of their GDP to the Soviets—annually. Today, it consistently ranks as the world's happiest country. Meanwhile, America isn't even in the top 20. Here's how Finland rebuilt from nothing: pic.twitter.com/fy2NCEJj9o — Neal Taparia (@nealtaparia) December 23, 2024  

Posted 07 February 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Terry Fox: Courage (by the Tragically Hip)

A perfect video at a time of Canadian unity and patriotism in the face of Trump’s tariff threats that’s unmatched since maybe the 1972 Summit Series?  

Posted 04 February 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,