Tag: history

Friday Fun Link – “Unfinished Business”

The floundering Flames shocked the hockey world by firing their coach late Thursday night (after a victory even!) and announcing that former coach, Darryl Sutter, who led them

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Twitter Account From The First Month of Covid (March 2020)

We’re into the same month as when Covid became real and the world shut-down mid-month so I’ll likely be posting a few different retrospective posts, whether it’s “Throwback

Freedom To Read Week 2021 – Day Six – Friday Fun Link – How Different Would E.T. Be In The 21st Century? #ftrw

  Shea and I have been showing the kids a lot of our favourite movies from when we were growing up – “Dirty Dancing” to “Adventures in Babysitting”

Trump Impeachment Opening Video

Donald Trump’s *second* impeachment began yesterday and this was one of the first videos shown summarizing the insurrection of January 6 (very telling it comes with a warning!)…

Who Is The GOAT?

With Tom Brady’s latest Super Bowl win possibly cementing his status as the greatest American football player of all-time, it’s also sparked debates about who is the greatest

Secular Sunday – NOD vs. SOD in Regina (A Different Kind of Religion?)

Religion takes many forms and one of the strangest is the tribalism that often happens, even within the *same* community. This CBC article looks at the historic divisions

Happy 60th Birthday to Wayne Gretzky

Not a fan of his politics but the man is the best hockey player of all-time and probably the most accomplished athlete out of any major sport ever!

Secular Sunday – Voice Teacher Reacts to Garth Brooks’ “Amazing Grace” at US Inauguration

It’s like Tim Minchin says, “Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords but the lyrics are dodgy” (though in this case, I’d say “Amazing Grace”

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Asessippi Carnage

Four years ago this week, we were on our way to a ski trip in Manitoba. It was hard to know what the next four years would bring

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