Category: SignPosts
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Ain’t it dark, wrapped up in that tarp?.
“Goodbye Earl” (2000) by The Chicks from the Fly album. The music video for this song is a classic. Starring Jane Krakowski and Lauren Holly as Mary-Anne and Wanda, and Dennis Franz as Earl, it’s a reminder of how music videos were Hollywood level productions. The song itself created controversy upon release, for its explicit…
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If you know, you know.
Probably the most mis-understood lyric of “Ice Ice Baby.” First off, you had to be there in 1990. I’ll save the retrospectives for someone else, but for our age group this will forever be a main playlist jam. Sing along. You know the words. For the uninitiated: Cerwin-Vega has manufactured speakers and amplifiers since the…
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There’s always lots to do.
There are times when you’re choosing how to work on lots of things at once. There are other times when you’re being asked to work on lots of things at once. But all of us are really only capable of doing one thing at a time. So do that thing well, and then do the…
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This Title Intentionally Left Blank.
In ‘official’ documents, blank pages are used to ensure the printed format of the document makes sense. Books usually have chapters that start on the “right” page of a book, or you may have an appendix or index that needs to start on its own page. When this need arises, the publisher will insert a…
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Sometimes it’s work related.
We had a 3 day virtual project designing a new TMS system at work, so why not make a sign or two reflecting that? The first one was my play on the old “Keep Calm and Carry On” British wartime motivational poster: The Second? We all know the song and the lyric. Did you know…
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Winnipeg’s Finest
It’s amazing the amount of people who know their music, but don’t recognize the Guess Who. Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings defined the sound of an era in the 60’s and 70’s. Enjoy this one from their 2000 cross-Canada tour, rocking out 30 years later.
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C’mon over here Ron, let me show you what I’m doing.
Mr. Mom (1983). I’m not sure how well this whole movie holds up these days, but this line still slaps.