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Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked (Uhm, Happy New Year?!?)

Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)

¶ Posted 01 January 2019 § Humour § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: health, science, weather

Music Monday – “It’s Christmastime in Washington/The Democrats rehearsed/Gettin’ into gear for four more years/Things not gettin’ worse”

“Christmas in Washington” – Steve Earle

¶ Posted 24 December 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § United States § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, holiday, unitedstates, xmas

Secular Sunday – Why Do Atheists Celebrate Christmas?

Also: For our kids To spend time with extended family Because it’s part of our own personal history and tradition Because it’s become a secular holiday as much as a religious one Because atheists know Christmas started as a pagan solstice festival and early Christians adopted many rituals to help convert people to their new […]

¶ Posted 23 December 2018 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, holiday, xmas

“Why Should You Read Kurt Vonnegut” – TED-ED Talk

Because he’s the best writer of all-time?

¶ Posted 19 December 2018 § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, language

Trump Gets NanChucked

Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer = Nanchuck (credit to Don Lemon on CNN for that) and this video is beyond fascinating – that Trump invited the media to watch the discussion, that Nancy Pelosi fact-checks Trump to his face repeatedly, the absolute silence of Mike Pence, the body language of everyone involved, and, most insanely, […]

¶ Posted 12 December 2018 § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, unitedstates

Narcos Mexico

Our latest Netflix obsession…

¶ Posted 20 November 2018 § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]

¶ Posted 13 November 2018 § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, movies

Friday Fun Link – All Logos for 2018 US Midterm Candidates

This site is pretty cool, doubly so as it allows you to winnow down logos by colour, typography and other characteristics.

¶ Posted 09 November 2018 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, unitedstates