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Music Monday – “It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion/Gender to skin color the complexion of your pigment/The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins/It’s human rights for everybody/There is no difference”

In our digital age, where we are (or should be) trained to be skeptical about everything we read and see – was that model photoshopped? Was that anti-vaccine information published in a scientific journal or by a non-PhD holding, former Playmate?  Was that B-level celebrity’s meltdown just an attempt to gain publicity and attention? – […]

Posted 27 January 2014 § Humour § Meme § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Travel The World Without Leaving Your Laptop

The day before we left for Hawaii a couple years ago, I did a post summarizing how much of a role various web sites – from Google to Reddit to Trip Advisor – played in helping to plan and just generally build excitement for our trip. I mentioned Google Maps in passing in that post […]

Posted 26 January 2014 § Canada § Internet § MemoryLane § Randomness § Technology § Travel § UK § United States § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

The Correlation Between Unionization and Poverty Rates Around the World

(h/t to MF on FB)

Posted 23 January 2014 § Canada § Infographic § Jobs § Politics § UK § United States § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Copyrighted Books For Free, Legally! (Offer Only Good in Norway)

On top of the recent news that by being excellent stewards of their country’s oil wealth, each Norway citizen was now a “millionaire”* (as opposed to some oil-rich jurisdictions that weren’t quite so successful in this regard), comes this story about the National Library of Norway finding a way to make copyrighted works available to […]

Posted 17 January 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Library § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Technology § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

One Way To Make Sure You Won’t Be Recalled To The Army

Get a tattoo…  

Posted 14 January 2014 § Censorship § Humour § Photo § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Will Kids Be Playing Kronum in the Schoolyard in 50 Years Instead of Soccer or Basketball?

Kronum is a new sport that combines elements of football, rugby, basketball, handball and even Quidditch to create what players are hoping grows to become the first big league sport created in over a century. Personally, I think organizers may have hurt themselves right off-the-bat by creating a sport with a circular field, very unique […]

Posted 12 November 2013 § Meme § PopCulture § Randomness § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “You that never done nothin’/But build to destroy/You play with my world/Like it’s your little toy”

Red poppy or white poppy, hero or victim, holiday or not, the only thing that’s clear is that Remembrance Day means different things to different people and, as with my defence of Justin Trudeau, I feel like shouting “Nobody has the right to say how others should or shouldn’t interpret/celebrate/commemorate Remembrance Day!” Well, except me. […]

Posted 11 November 2013 § Canada § Censorship § MusicMonday § Politics § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

In Defense of @justintrudeau and #askjustin (sorta kinda)

This won’t be the first time I tried to defend the seemingly indefensible on this blog. So let’s take a deep breath, swallow the bit of throw-up that’s rising in my throat and dive right in… 😉 Social media sites (especially Twitter) exploded over the past 24 hours after an e-vite for a $250/person fundraiser […]

Posted 08 November 2013 § Canada § Censorship § Humour § Politics § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

“Remember, Remember the Fifth of November” (This Isn’t A Movie Anymore; It’s A Warning)

Do you know the connection between Guy Fawkes, the movie “V for Vendetta” and the Anonymous movement?  Or that today, was the Million Mask March at locations around the world? If you do, you probably also understand why a variety of worldwide movements and groups – from Anonymous to Occupy to WikiLeaks among others – are […]

Posted 05 November 2013 § Meme § Politics § PopCulture § UK § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

I Know We Get To See Hedley At The Grey Cup in Regina…

…but I’d much prefer a half-time show like this one: Here’s a Today show report on how they do it (hint: there’s (even) an app for that!) (Oh, and full credit to my lovely and way-more-witty-than-I-am wife for that Hedley joke in the title of this post!)

Posted 29 October 2013 § Canada § Sports § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,