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Saturday Snap – “Who Needs A God When You’ve Got Satan”

  There’s a certain level of irony that I spent part of my Good Friday watching a band from just behind a guy who was wearing a “Who Needs God When You’ve Got Satan” t-shirt. 😉 But I should probably back up a bit… Shea and I spent Friday doing a bunch of spring cleaning […]

Posted 19 April 2014 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § LibrarySchool § Photo § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° 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: , , ,

Why Do Atheists Deny The Existence of God?

For the same reason we deny the existence of fire-breathing dragons.

Posted 23 March 2014 § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – One Thing I Noticed About Pace’s Report Card…

I have an English degree so can’t help but notice that Pace went from “MEeeting” to “EsTablished” (which is the highest level in the school’s rating system) in English Language Arts between the first and second terms of Grade One. Shea has a degree in Nursing and I also noticed that his Health Education mark […]

Posted 22 March 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Interviewly Reformats Reddit AMAs for Readability

Interviewly is a new web site that re-purposes the many Reddit Ask Me Anything chat sessions into a more readable format that mimics a traditional magazine interview layout.  No Ryan Meili AMA in the Politics section…yet. (via MetaFilter)

Posted 21 March 2014 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The History of the English Language in 10 Minutes

Posted 20 March 2014 § Humour § Library § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Begosh and begorra/Ev’ry Irish son and daughter/Ev’ry good old Irish name and his relation”

Thanks to community radio for bringing this song to my awareness a couple days ago. Useless trivia: the song doesn’t mention “Murphy” in the long list of Irish names it features even though “Murphy” is the most common surname in Ireland. Happy St. Paddy’s everyone! “It’s A Great Day For The Irish” – Judy Garland

Posted 17 March 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

How Pro Wrestling Prepared Me For The 21st Century

As I may have mentioned on this blog before, I grew up watching professional wrestling. When I was around 7 or 8 years old, it was pretty amazing to see heavily-muscled, fantastically-named guys like the super-heroes I read about in comic books – whether good guys (The Dynamite Kid) or bad (The Mongolian Stomper, The […]

Posted 12 March 2014 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged:

What Are The Best Mentions of a Book Title Within That Book?

A great question from Reddit’s /r/books sub-reddit.

Posted 06 March 2014 § Library § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Rock and Roll!

I sometimes think the only reason we have kids is to teach them cute tricks. Sasha has a few – when you say “Are you cute?”, she’ll tilt her head at 90 degrees (usually), if you ask how big she is, she’ll throw both arms up over her head (usually), she can wave when prompted […]

Posted 01 March 2014 § Baby § Family § Humour § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,