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How Fan Loyalty Changed Throughout the World Cup / World Cup Footballs Throughout History

Congrats Germany! A couple final World Cup links… How fan loyalty changed throughout the World Cup World Cup footballs throughout history A cool fan-made video does a great job of capturing what it’d be like to be there, taking in the World Cup festivities (although he seems overly taken with the “RAF from England shot […]

Posted 13 July 2014 § Infographic § List § PopCulture § Sports § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – You’re Getting Old

Great site to show you a bunch of details and trivia based on how old you are.

Posted 20 June 2014 § FridayFunLink § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my own two-sentence answer would be something like this: When I was a kid, my friend and I were really into Greek mythology.  He pointed out that the […]

Posted 18 June 2014 § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , ,

Too Many Tabs Tuesday

Here are a few things that caught my eye this past week… What are the best new products nobody knows about? (Quora) How We Die – Then and Now: Comparing Causes of Death, 1900 v. 2010 (Infographic) What Radiohead Song Always Moves You To Tears? (Reddit) How Poverty Taxes The Brain (Infographic) Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” […]

Posted 10 June 2014 § Censorship § Infographic § Jobs § Library § List § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Normandy D-Day Landing Sites: Then and Now

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link per se but the concept of taking photos of D-Day landing sites then and now is definitely interesting CBC has also shown what D-Day might have been like if social media had existed at that time.

Posted 06 June 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “But they don’t give you any choice/’Cause they think that it’s treason/So you had better do as you are told/You better listen to the radio”

A classic SNL musical performance confirms that controversy inevitably becomes commodity… “Radio, Radio” – Elvis Costello

Posted 02 June 2014 § Censorship § Humour § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “How I wonder where you are”

“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” as a history of recorded music… “Twinkle Twinkle” – Scott Brandlee

Posted 19 May 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

CMV: There’s Nothing Wrong with Language Death and Attempts at Revitalizing Dying Languages Are A Complete Waste of Time and Effort

I’ve got numerous sub-Reddits that I love including one called Change My View (r/changemyview) where people pose their positions on sensitive (and not-so-sensitive) topics and ask others to try to convince them to change their mind. And unlike debate on 99% of the Internet, the respondents are often successful in changing the view of the original poster! A recent questions […]

Posted 13 May 2014 § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Pale Blue Dot – Carl Sagan

This is beyond cool.  I love Carl Sagan and how he puts life into proper perspective… http://vimeo.com/22582065

Posted 24 April 2014 § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

What Fact Do You Accept Intellectually Even Though It Still Feels “Wrong” To You?

Lots of cool answers in this AskReddit question… There are perfectly nice, reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with my political opinions. You can get from North Korea to Finland by going through one country. That if you don’t have a kid, you’re the first one since your ancestral line started [edit: not just human line […]

Posted 10 April 2014 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,