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Saturday Snap – How To Simulate a Tropical Holiday in Covid Times

Normally, Saturday Snap is a pic I’ve taken but I came across this on social media and decided to post it… We’ve been fortunate to do a winter holiday for the past few years so now that we’re into February, it’s starting to hit me that this won’t be happening this year (doesn’t help that […]

Posted 06 February 2021 § List § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Bernie’s Mittens Memes #WhereInTheWorldIsBernieSanders

While others on the dias wore thin trench coats and fancy outfits, Bernie Sanders demonstrated his ever-practical side, showing up on a cold Inauguration Day with a heavy parka and some very memorable mittens. A single photo of him sitting alone and looking like his usual grumpy self became a worldwide meme as people inserted […]

Posted 22 January 2021 § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Tiny Bubbles (July 2012)

Posted 07 January 2021 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Covid Nativity

Posted 27 December 2020 § Humour § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

A Visual Representation of 2020 for Christmas?

Sasha tested out her new Christmas makeup on me and I realised this process made a good analogy for 2020 in general… * it was unexpected, sort of weird and occasionally scary * it looks like somebody got beat up (or possibly has a communicable disease) * I had my eyes closed for most of […]

Posted 25 December 2020 § Family § Humour § List § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

@officialRPL ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas… #yqr

RPL’s Marketing Unit has created some great content recently including this timely video featuring a number of well-known Regina names…  

Posted 24 December 2020 § Library § News § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Oh I’m/Staying home this Christmas/For friends and for strangers/And for family”

“Staying Home This Christmas” – Dillon Currie

Posted 21 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Nice Lights! @HawksleyWorkman

Shea and I took the kids for our annual “Twinkle Tour” around Regina tonight and funny to think how Covid has even influenced this simple tradition… – immediately noticing a higher amount of traffic at the “starred” houses on the Sparkle Tour web site, likely because there are fewer other entertainment options – no work […]

Posted 18 December 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Happy Cha-Noo-Kah!

For a small fee, Cameo is a site that allows people to book celebrities to record short personalized messages for birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Cameo blew up during quarantine as people weren’t able to celebrate milestones in the usual way. This one of Smokey Robinson recording a message for someone has gone viral for being both […]

Posted 16 December 2020 § Humour § Internet § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

Posted 14 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,