Zag Archives

Tweet Of The Day

You don't say.... "It looked like he was enjoying the event a bit too much." http://t.co/6XQjDaSBRM

— Catelli_NQU (@Catelli_NQU) June 1, 2015

For no particular reason

To Richard and Judy

QOTD

Response to (drunk) Labour Foreign Secretary (1966-68) George Brown at diplomatic reception: I shall not dance with you for three reasons. First because you are drunk, second, because this is not a waltz but the Peruvian national anthem and third, because I am not a beautiful lady in red; I am the Cardinal Bishop of Lima.

Break Free



More HERE, and HERE.

Just Because

Welcome to the weekend, kiddies

Dug this one out of the way-back machine ...

QOTD

"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'."

- Bob Newhart

The Real Opening Chord

Unscheduled Musical Interlude

A Soft Murmur

Ambient sounds to wash away distraction

Birds are becoming smarter

An Empty Room

Redneck Avengers: A Bad Lip Reading

Antisocial? ME???

Harper's record - a partial list

QOTD

"If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie."

- Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried

Welcome to the weekend, kiddies

The scene is Farm Aid, 1985, attended by a crowd of 80,000 people. The song is "How Blue Can You Get." And the key moment comes at the 3:10 mark, when King busts a guitar string, then manages to replace it before the song finishes minutes later. All the while, he keeps the song going, never missing a beat and singing the blues. Enjoy.

May 22, 2015
6:08 pm CST

Canadian Famous

More Eric.

Bears repeating.

Canadian Famous by Kevin McMahon, National Film Board of Canada

May 22, 2015
4:41 pm CST

Election Day Canada: The Rise of Voter Suppression

May 22, 2015
4:30 pm CST

An Open Letter to Stephen Harper from Ralph Nader

"You are quoted as saying that "jihadi terrorism is one of the most dangerous enemies our world has ever faced" as a predicate for your gross over-reaction that "violent jihadism seeks to destroy" Canadian "rights." Really? Pray tell, which rights rooted in Canadian law are "jihadis" fighting in the Middle East to obliterate? You talk like George W. Bush.

The rest HERE.

May 21, 2015
12:12 pm CST

May 21, 2015
9:02 am CST

May 20, 2015
6:47 pm CST

Lost

May 14 - 20: Lost.

Lesson still not learned: Backup.

May 14, 2015
4:25 pm CST

May 12, 2015
4:35 pm CST

Wow.

May 12, 2015
4:20 pm CST

Playful Beluga

May 12, 2015
3:47 pm CST

French Taunting

May 12, 2015
11:29 am CST

Young Feathers

May 11, 2015
5:56 pm CST

QOTD

"If you're not in the arena also getting your ass kicked, I'm not interested in your feedback."

- Brene Brown

May 11, 2015
11:27 am CST

Knock knock

May 10, 2015
8:04 am CST

Happy Mother's Day

May 8, 2015
3:46 pm CST

Tweet Of The Day

#NewAlbertastan Rebel Wildrose forces seen as recently as Wednesday near Ft McMurray... pic.twitter.com/Ndnqw5Ic38

— Candice (@jcjohns9) May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015
3:23 pm CST

70 Years Ago Today

Thinking about my dad and my uncles today, and wondering how it must have been for them seventy years ago today ...

May 8, 2015
2:16 pm CST

Welcome to the weekend, kiddies

28 guitar solos spanning 50 years. Rock on, kiddies!

May 6, 2015
8:40 pm CST

Well, that didn't take long

May 6, 2015
11:06 am CST

Bill C-51



More HERE: Elizabeth May Third Reading Speech on Bill C-51

May 5, 2015
7:18 pm CST

How The Giant Tortoise Got Its Name

May 5, 2015
9:46 am CST

Colin James unplugs in Melfort



Colin James brought his Up Close and Personal acoustic tour to the CJVR Performing Arts Theatre in the Kerry Vickar Centre on Monday, May 4.
The intimate acoustic tour is giving the Regina-born performer a chance to see parts of the country he doesn't normally get to see.

"It's places that you don't usually get to, so that's kind of great. I usually get to Regina maybe once every couple of years," James said.

Continue reading HERE.

May 4, 2015
8:40 am CST

Tonight

Canadian music icon and six-time Juno Award winner, Colin James is coming to Melfort!!
"Up Close & Personal", an acoustic tour featuring Colin at the CJVR Performing Arts Theatre on Monday, May 4th.
Along with special guest, Master Guitarist Chris Caddell, Colin will play songs from his extensive songwriting catalogue.

May 3, 2015
5:15 pm CST

American Sniper



Canadian Sniper

May 3, 2015
3:56 pm CST

Osprey

Hard to believe this Osprey got 5-6 fish at a time and then got a flounder under 3 feet of water and made off with what looks to be a 5+ lb steelhead. Have you ever seen a bird shake water off like a dog does? Wouldn't want to get in its way when its eyes are locked onto you and his talons are in the "load" position! Notice how as soon as possible the Osprey turns his prey head-first into the wind to cut down on wind resistance.

There are 3 sequences in this one video:

1st sequence - catches half a dozen fish in one strike.

2nd sequence - plunges talons into deep water to grab the prey.

3rd sequence - captures a big old fish that looks as if it weighs more than he does!

May 2, 2015
4:30 pm CST

A conversation between my 3-year-old grandson and his mother

Grandson: "I want to see nipples."
His mother, my daughter: "Pardon me??"
Grandson: "I want to watch the show with nipples in it."
Mom: "What show is that?"
Grandson: "The one I watched with Grandma and Grandad."
Mom: "Uhhhh.... okay...."

Eventually established (by grandson picking the character out of the Netflix lineup) that he wanted to watch "Baby Jake".

Starring Baby Jake, of course.

AND Nibbles the Rabbit. :)

May 2, 2015
2:21 pm CST

Identify yourself

May 2, 2015
10:51 am CST

Unscheduled Musical Interlude



(Good movie, by the way ...)

May 1, 2015
9:00 am CST

Welcome to the weekend, kiddies

Zag Archives

HOME