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Music Monday – “Angel of Death/Monarch to the kingdom of the dead/Infamous butcher/Angel of Death”

Is it too early to start posting Christmas songs? 😉 “Last Christmas/Angel of Death” – Wham!/Slayer Mash-Up

Posted 23 November 2020 § MusicMonday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Trump’s Venn Diagram

Posted 18 November 2020 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Multiple Thoughts on Multiple Elections #skpoli #yqr #yxe

In order… SASK PROVINCIAL ELECTION (OCT 26) 1.  In my initial post-mortem, I chalked up at least one big factor in the NDP’s failure to do well up to people wanting the status quo during a pandemic.  (This was bolstered by the BC NDP actually growing their majority a few days earlier.)  But as detailed […]

Posted 15 November 2020 § Canada § List § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

In Flanders Fields

Posted 11 November 2020 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Oh beautiful, for spacious skies/For amber waves of grain/For purple mountain majesties/Above the fruited plain”

“America The Beautiful” – Ray Charles

Posted 09 November 2020 § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – “Day Five of Election Night” Dance Party

It was a bit delayed while the counts come in slowly over the past few days. But Tuesday night’s light show has reappeared in our living room as backdrop for a very enthusiastic dance party now that Joe Biden has been annouced as President-Elect of the United States.

Posted 07 November 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sasha § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Bernie Called It

Pretty much word-for-word… https://twitter.com/onikasgivenchy/status/1323857811734933504 (via)

Posted 04 November 2020 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Red, White and Trump Better Be Blue When This Is Over

Putting the smart lights to good use for a US election theme tonight…

Posted 03 November 2020 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “2020, 24 hours to go/I Wanna Be Sedated”

I saw this clever play on words from the lyrics of a Ramones song on Twitter and had to steal it for today’s Music Monday post with 2020 being the craziest year in a century and twenty-fours until we’re watching election returns in the United States… “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones

Posted 02 November 2020 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 10 Horrifying Things I Saw Watching Family Home Movies From the 1970’s

As previously mentioned, we went to Indian Head to celebrate my parents’ 49th wedding anniversary last weekend. As part of the trip down memory lane, we ended up watching some old home movies one night. My dad regularly filmed holidays and parties and family gatherings with an 8mm camera when we were kids so, when […]

Posted 29 October 2020 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,