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What Anti-Mask People Sound Like To Me…

[Inspired by every Facebook thread about masks I’ve ever seen and the beautiful rants of Brent Terhune…] “Listen up sheeple! Wal-Mart thinks they can make me wear pants in their store just because they have a legal right to set policies for their own store and just because the government says pants are necessary to […]

¶ Posted 15 September 2020 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education, health, science

When we bought our new house, we also got a much faster Internet connection which is part of the reason I started getting more into smart home devices – Internet-enabled security cameras, multi-coloured LED lights we can control remotely, smart TVs and eventually about half a dozen various Google Nest smart devices placed strategically around […]

Friday Fun Link – Canadian Perverts

Jim Gaffigan who is known as a pretty clean, dad-bod-type comic gets downright raunchy after a visit to <checks notes>…Regina, Saskatchewan?!?

¶ Posted 14 August 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan, television

Coke-a-Knee?

When your son is a smart-ass, this is what you get when you ask him to bring you a Kokanee at the campsite…

¶ Posted 07 July 2020 § Family § Humour § Pace ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, cute

Friday Fun Link – Library Run “Famous Quotes” Database

I’ve always loved quotations and used to even “read” quotation books. Now the web has modernized the idea in the form of quote web sites. There are a few options out there but I recently found out that a library system in Kentucky runs its own “Famous Quotes” web site which is pretty cool!

¶ Posted 26 June 2020 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Library § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education

Music Monday – “I stand before this faceless crowd/And I wonder why I bother/So much controlled by so few/Stumbling from one disaster to another”

A day or a week or a month ago, there was a COVID benefit concert featuring Canadian artists. It was a great show except I took exception to the use of “Lean On Me” as the final group song. Great song, classic for a reason – sure. But it just felt misplaced to have a […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2020 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, music

Friday Fun Link – St. Albert Councilor Forgets To Mute His Mic

How many meetings have you been in where you thought this but didn’t say it? So just because you’re in your basement wearing pj’s and the meeting is on Zoom, don’t forget to mute your mic when you say the quiet parts out loud, folks! 😉 https://twitter.com/bengelinas/status/1264049987026968578