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Saturday Snap – A Delayed Housewarming Gift

My parents dropped off a very cool housewarming gift the other day – a Century Family Farm plaque our family received on the 100th anniversary of my great-great grandfather homesteading our family farm in 1883 – framed in barn boards from that same farm. We got the plaque in 1983 (I think the same year […]

Posted 19 September 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Browsing The Stacks: A Photo Appreciation of Libraries

The Atlantic has a paywall but allows a certain number of free visits each month so hopefully you can get in (or have a VPN or use Incognito Mode). This is a pretty amazing photo essay. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 18 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Library § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Pro Wrestling Territories in the United States: A Brief History

If you’re a pro wrestling fan like I am, you’ll appreciate this walk down memory lane…  

Posted 16 September 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § United States § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – 10 WTF Bible Passages

 

Posted 13 September 2020 § Humour § List § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Inside The World Trade Center (1999)

Posted 11 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “All those who remember the war/They won’t forget what they’ve seen/Destruction of men in their prime/Whose average age was nineteen”

He’s broken *so* many taboos and boundaries in politics. But Trump’s taking a lot of pushback after reports of multiple negative comments against the military so maybe, just maybe, this will finally break through to some supporters that he’s not a good person and maybe even help guarantee a loss in November (or at least […]

Posted 07 September 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Could American Evangelicals Spot The Anti-Christ?

A recovered evangelical points out the obvious – probably not!

Posted 06 September 2020 § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Top Five Experiments In Space

I recently read Scott Kelly’s “Endurance” which is a combination of a traditional autobiography along with with a travelogue about his record-breaking year-long experience in space. This book was recommended in an article I read early in quarantine as a great way to maintain perspective during the pandemic by learning about someone who basically went […]

Posted 04 September 2020 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stop Thief! Board Game (1979)

Came across an ad for this board game on a local buy/sell board. They wanted $75 (!) for this “classic” game so obviously not going to be picking it up. But it did bring back fond memories of playing it as a kid.  Is it any wonder I came to love technology and gadgets so […]

Posted 16 July 2020 § MemoryLane § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How Countries Around The World Have Responded to Covid-19

 

Posted 12 July 2020 § Canada § News § Travel § UK § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,