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Friday Fun Link – The #sochi #olympics Are Actually The Gayest Olympics of All-Time #sochiproblems

Today saw the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.  Lots has been made about Russia’s anti-gay laws and the statement by the mayor of Sochi that their community of 400,000 people has no gay people which have drawn protests from everyone from the Head of the UN to Google to the Canadian […]

Posted 07 February 2014 § Censorship § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

And if you saw my love/You’d love her too.

All this week, David Letterman, whose show is taped in the Ed Sullivan Theatre, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Beatles arriving in America with his band playing Beatles music for guest entrances and while going to commercial.  On top of that, each night’s musical guest is performing a tribute song as well. The […]

Posted 05 February 2014 § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Sasha on SaskTel Max’s Video Magazine

SaskTel was out to Regent Place a couple weeks ago to shoot a storytime for their video magazine. This edition’s topic was “Snow” and they used footage of their host at one of our storytimes to introduce a few other segments shot in different locations such as the Saskatoon Zoo. The clips aren’t online yet […]

Posted 01 February 2014 § Family § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

16 Fancy Literary Techniques Demonstrated By Disney

Just what the post’s title says.

Posted 19 January 2014 § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Spoiler Alert! (Hint: Green Is Going Grey) #riders #greycup #yqr

I had to work today so had set the PVR to record the Riders vs. Stamps Western Final CFL game.  I also strategized how to not accidentally hear the score before I got home – no glimpses at Facebook on my smartphone, no checking Twitter at my break, only trying to make the most  generic […]

Posted 17 November 2013 § Saskatchewan § Shea § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “9 was minding his business/Talking to 10 about Gordie Howe’s clothes/Why 7 ate 9 nobody knows”

Pace’s grade one class has access to a site called IXL.ca.  This site has a series of modules on various aspects of math that kids can work through to learn concepts including counting, addition, shapes and so on. There are dozens of modules under various headings, each with escalating levels of difficulty – for example, under […]

Posted 14 October 2013 § Internet § Pace § Shea § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Henry Cragg’s Wonder People: “Starsky & Hutch Syndrome”

I digitized this from a VHS tape awhile back but don’t think I ever posted it (and when you watch it, you’ll see why!) One of the many highlights of my 1995 semester exchange to York England while in undergrad was taking a Film Production class (which happened to be taught by a guy who […]

Posted 09 October 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The 2013/14 Season Begins Tonight

My picks for Conference Finalists: Detroit Red Wings vs. New York Islanders in the East and LA Kings vs. Minnesota Wild in the West which becomes NYI versus LA with the Kings winning.

Posted 01 October 2013 § Canada § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Broken Bad

Posted 29 September 2013 § Infographic § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Flames vs. Islanders Exhibition Game in #yqr – Why I Didn’t Go…

So my two favourite NHL teams are playing an exhibition game tonight in Regina  and I made the tough decision not to go… There are a couple reasons… – the biggest reason is the price.  Even though it’s an exhibition game, tickets range from $98 for the *lowest* priced to $148.50 for the highest (of those […]

Posted 18 September 2013 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,