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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)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMBiA3MS-h4  

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: , ,

Saturday Snap – [automated voice] “Thank-you for choosing Bell. You can expect a 10 minute wait until we answer your call.”

To be fair, it was about half an hour on hold then half an hour working through diagnosing the issue but still… (Why, oh why haven’t we cut the cord yet???)

Posted 21 April 2018 § Canada § Humour § Jobs § Randomness § SaturdaySnap § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life.”

I put this on Facebook before the Humboldt Broncos Vigil tonight (and after some time has passed, I may share some other thoughts on that) but wanted to capture it here too since Facebook sucks. 😉  I’m not unusual in Canada for how much hockey has meant to me my whole life. I was never […]

Posted 08 April 2018 § Canada § Meme § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

How A Wardrobe Malfunction Led To The Creation of YouTube

I did not know that. Most remarkably, we have Nipplegate to thank for YouTube. Co-founder Jawed Karim told USA Today that he was inspired to create the video site in 2005 after not being able to find any footage of the incident online. It’s also too bad that Timberlake missed an opportunity during his performance […]

Posted 04 February 2018 § Internet § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,