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Friday Fun Link – Hell’s Bells (Game of Thrones Spoilers)

They don’t match perfectly but this is still pretty cool…

Posted 17 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Meme § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Best Thing I’ve Read About Game of Thrones S08E05?

The penultimate episode of “Game of Thrones” has aired and, as usual, there have been all sorts of reactions – positive, negative, questioning, sentimental, memetic. Of everything I’ve read since watching the episode, this post on Reddit which speaks to how so much of how we respond to art (books, movies, television, etc.) is based […]

Posted 14 May 2019 § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – What’s the Secret of the Most Successful Jeopardy Champion of All-Time? The Children’s Library!

James Holzhauer hasn’t caught Ken Jennings in terms of number of victories in a row but he’s setting records for most money won per game which is arguably a more impressive achievement? His secret? Studying easy-to-read introductory books on a wide variety of subjects at the children’s library!

Posted 03 May 2019 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Library § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Shit Fireplace

If you’re looking for an alternative to the ubiquitous yule log channels/videos at this time of year, try “Shit Fireplace” (and I’m proud to say the co-creator of these videos is a colleague at RPL!)  

Posted 21 December 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Video § Work § Xmas ‡ 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: ,

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

Posted 05 December 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: ,

“The reality is…my real name is Joe and I’ve been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it’s back.”

Pretty shocking development in the fake/real world of WWE, not only that top star Roman Reigns dropped his persona during the opening promo of RAW to announce he had leukemia, but also the revelation that he first battled leukemia *eleven years ago* and this wasn’t public knowledge and/or exploited by the WWE who have exploited pretty much everything […]

Posted 24 October 2018 § Jobs § News § PopCulture § Sad § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

We Live In the Craziest Timeline

Wow.  

Posted 10 October 2018 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The History of the World Trade Center (Documentary)

 

Posted 11 September 2018 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Woman Draws Herself in 50 Different Cartoon Styles

Pretty amazing talent! (Well, maybe not the Minecraft one?) 😉

Posted 25 May 2018 § FridayFunLink § Humour § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,