Category Archives: The TGIF Posts

And How Was Your Weekender

1) Which comes first, the hit kiddie tv/ movie, or the toy? Friendship is complicated: Art, commerce, and the battle for the soul of My Little Pony.  “…The difference between playing dress up and dressing up for real begins to blur … Continue reading

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The Many Faces Of The Weekend

1) Public service message – Jimmy Kimmel demonstrates, on national tv no less, how easy it is for someone with mischief in mind (namely him) to get your password. My point being how easy it is for someone with mischief … Continue reading

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Amazing Friday Grace

1) Utopian Academy of Arts is a good name for this one… This struck a personal chord because my mum was a public secondary school English teacher for some 40 years, her entire working life. Despite being courted by the private sector several … Continue reading

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Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night

“Hey, my name is Jim, where did I go wrong My life’s a bargain basement, all the good sh*t’s gone….. 1) These people got really sick, doctors scoffed, and then some of them found happiness in the Town Without Wi-fi. “…In … Continue reading

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Weekender… not

1) Like George Orwell’s 1984 come and gone, the CIA’s 2015 predictions of what the world would be like…. from  way back in 2000. The only one they appear to have got really wrong is about the population in many … Continue reading

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Neither This Nor Next Friday…

1) Go Swedish Troll Hunters! The Researchers Who Strive To Unmask Online Haters. “…The agenda is to raise hell about all the hate on the internet…” “….The anonymity provided by the internet fosters communities where people can feed on each other’s … Continue reading

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All Around The World On Friday

1) School Lunches Around The World. In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a school principal is quoted as saying, “If we discover that a child has junk food, we ask his or her parents to please make a little effort for their child’s health.” Ouch. … Continue reading

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TGI Friday. Maybe.

1) The Fall of Christmas, by The Very Worst Missionary. She does mission trips, writes in a way I can only wish I did……. and was once a teen mum. “…… I learned a long time ago to hold loosely to the … Continue reading

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Food (Kind of), Cute Animals And…. Guy Who Sells Nobel Prize This Weekend

1) Because cute animal pictures trump anything I could possibly have to say… always. Animals Seeing Snow For The First Time. – – – 2) Greek Mum’s Response To Picky Eaters (basically “then don’t eat until the next meal”.) Not sure that … Continue reading

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Not Your Regular Friday (Or Weekend), This

1) Proving it’s not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game 😀 Golden Retriever Loses Obedience Competition, Wins Your Heart. JD sucks at Obedience trials/competitions to this day btw. The popular ones we tried back in … Continue reading

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