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Congrats Michelle and Adam! (aka Mexican Wedded Bliss Is Better Than Mexican Prison Stress!)

You know you’ve exhausted every possible video on YouTube about your upcoming all-inclusive resort when you start delving into the whole sub-genre of wedding videos – glossy, professionally shot montages of all the expected scenes – the wedding party getting ready while drinking mimosas, the close-up of the rings, the awkward speeches. Okay, I have […]

Posted 13 February 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

I Mean, There’s A Lot You Could Say About Trump’s “State of the Union” Address…

…but this really sums it up:

Posted 05 February 2019 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Aeromexico Trolls Racist Americans

No idea if I’d meet their qualification for this deal but would be a great way to get a discount on a flight to Mexico if I did! 😉  

Posted 01 February 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Counting to 100 in French With NYC Cabbie

 

Posted 25 January 2019 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – A dying man’s thoughts on stardust, a fortunate life, making the world a better place, and the randomness of it all.

Someone posted a link to this essay on FB and I wanted to repost the whole thing here as I thought it was very well-written and thought-provoking… Clarifying my final weeks Journal entry by Erik Olin Wright — Jan 18, 2019 Yesterday, I had a bone marrow biopsy to see if there were any prospects at all of […]

Posted 20 January 2019 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – A Nice Note From #yqr @sarcanrecycling

Had a fun moment at Sarcan today. Earlier this week, we finally got around to trying their “Drop & Go” option where you can just leave your cans and bottles with some kiosk-generated tags then, a few days later, you later get a call that a cheque is ready. This is way easier than waiting in […]

Posted 12 January 2019 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Topics of The Holidays

I realised that our social calendars this holiday season were as full as they’ve been in years due to a little miracle called “Pace Gets His Home Alone & Babysitting Certification”. So compared to other years where we had the hassle and expense of lining up babysitters if we wanted to go out, this year, […]

Posted 06 January 2019 § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § Politics § Shea § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

“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: , ,

Some Thoughts on the Changing Nature of Intellectual Freedom In Librarianship (Maybe?), The “Neutrality” Thing, and How I Sometimes Feel Like My Grandpa Missing The Boat on Elvis

So I recently got tagged on Twitter by a librarian colleague in Saskatoon (who is both a Mover and a Shaker!) asking if I (and a few other online librarian-types) had any thoughts on the changing view of intellectual freedom within the profession, especially in light of wider changes in society which I took to […]

Posted 09 December 2018 § Censorship § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Eric Bischoff TEDx Talk on the Similarity Between Pro Wrestling and Today’s News Media

Following up on my post earlier this week about the death of the Dynamite Kid, here’s another wrestling related one… Eric Bischoff started as an announcer in the old AWA then worked his way up until he was head of WCW when it came close to knocking off WWE as the dominant wrestling promotion in the […]

Posted 07 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,