Head Tale

Tag Archives: history

Friday Fun Link – Six Generations in One Picture

I think our family on my paternal grandmother’s side had five generations alive at one point but I can’t imagine six generations on the planet at one time (or even seven which the article says is the world record but with no photographic proof!)

¶ Posted 01 June 2018 § Canada § Family § FridayFunLink § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ontario

Friday Fun Link(s) – Game of Scones: The Royal Wedding That Once Upon A Time Might Never Have Been Allowed

Metafilter has tons of links, trivia and commentary about tonight’s (tomorrow’s?) Royal Wedding. If you read nothing else, you should check out the NYT FAQ for sure!

¶ Posted 18 May 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Randomness § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Fuck Cancer

Kudos to my mother-in-law who “rang the bell” earlier this week after completing seven weeks of radiation and chemo therapy for cancer. Also have to give special recognition to my wife and my father-in-law who went above and beyond with support through this difficult time – from miles on the road to 6am text messages. […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2018 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: health

Myth America

(h/t to JB on FB)

¶ Posted 09 May 2018 § Infographic § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, unitedstates

Is “A Horse Is Loose In A Hospital” The Best Donald Trump Analogy So Far?

Fast forward to near the end of this clip for the joke…

¶ Posted 08 May 2018 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Yeah, this is America/Guns in my area/I got the strap/I gotta carry ’em”

“This Is America” – Childish Gambino Some of the Things You May Have Missed MetaFilter weighs in Annotated lyrics This Is America: Donald Glover’s Video Is A Gripping Read

¶ Posted 07 May 2018 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, language, music, unitedstates

Michelle Wolf at White House Correspondent’s Dinner (and Some Thoughts on Transgressive Comedy)

A while back on AskReddit, there was a question about “What will be the “smoking” of the next generation which our kids judge us harshly for?” At the time, I thought that it would be “eating meat” that would be seen by future generations as something that, although enjoyable, had a big negative impact on […]

¶ Posted 01 May 2018 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: unitedstates

25 Random Thoughts For @SaskBookAwards 25th Anniversary #sba25 #saskbookawards

Tonight was the 25th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Book Awards so, as someone who first attended in 1997, has been at probably 15-20 of those ceremonies and has also served SBA in a variety of capacities from board member to gala volunteer to web site designer to A/V switcher, I thought it’d be fun to […]

¶ Posted 29 April 2018 § List § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, saskatchewan

Tragedy Fatigue

Other than both happening in Canada, both being unexpected, and both resulting in large losses of life, there aren’t many similarities between the tragedy in Humboldt earlier this month and the one in Toronto last night. But the fact that both happened only a couple weeks apart when it feels like events of this type […]