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Saturday Snap – Brier Trophy

My library was fortunate enough to have the Brier Trophy present for an event last December as it made various stops around Regina and Saskatchewan in advance of the Montana Brier Tournament which has run from March 1-10. I got my picture taken with a volunteer who kept an eye on the trophy during our […]

¶ Posted 09 March 2024 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: saskatchewan

Top 20 Worst SNL Musical Performances

There’s a theory that one way to know you’re officially “old” is when you no longer recognize the majority of musical guests on Saturday Night Live. I probably hit that point 10 years ago or so but I still know most of these…unfortuantely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmcGfnc5qkk

¶ Posted 13 February 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

Friday Fun Link – The Road To Wrestlemania

The longest reigning champion in modern WWE history. Two dynastic wrestling families. A former wrestler who became the world’s biggest movie star (and also now sits on the WWE Board in real life.). The company being sold to the UFC’s parent company after being under McMahon family control its entire existence. The major cloud hanging […]

¶ Posted 09 February 2024 § MemoryLane § News § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, economics, history, movies

Saturday Snap – Felt A Bit Blue(y) At The Library Today

My job’s pretty fun somedays… (No, not me in the costume. These were hired performers for a kid’s birthday party in one of our program rooms that agreed to do a few photos with staff and some lucky bystanders at the library this afternoon!)

¶ Posted 20 January 2024 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § PopCulture § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute

Secular Sunday – Sunday Payday!

¶ Posted 12 November 2023 § Humour § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language

This Actually Happened on Live TV

¶ Posted 31 October 2023 § Censorship § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

Friday Fun Link – Visualizing Why Americans Increasingly Use Sub-Titles

Not understanding accents. Poor sound mixing. Helps overcome noisy distractions while watching. (Ironically as I type this, Sasha is literally digging in the fridge asking if we have any yoghurt as Shea and I (try to) watch “Daisy Jones and the Six” – and yes, we have sub-titles on!) Bad hearing Not necessarily bad hearing […]

¶ Posted 22 September 2023 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, health, language, movies

MJF Does Some Simple Math

MFJ might be one of my favourite wrestlers working today and this callback promo is exactly why – the guy lives wrestling and wrestling history and takes advantage of his current feud with Samoa Joe to perfectly evoke one of the best, funniest promos in wrestling history: Callback: According to @The_MJF the numbers don't lie […]