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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Holy Sheet! (December 2015)

Our daughter picked up some interesting language when she was young that she put into use while touching the Christmas tree…  

Posted 25 January 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Why We All Need Subtitles Now

And I thought Shea and I were just getting older! 😉

Posted 23 January 2024 § Jobs § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Twirling ’round with this familiar parable/Spinning, weaving ’round each new experience/Recognize this as a holy gift and/Celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing”

Helping my son with his math homework and so he recommended this song… “Parabola” – Tool

Posted 22 January 2024 § MusicMonday § Pace § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

10 Mawkish (But True) Things People Say About Libraries #yqr @epldotca

Went to a great presentation by Edmonton Public Library CEO, Pilar Martinez and City of Edmonton Architect, Carol Belanger (Edmonton being the only city in Canada to have this position apparently) about their experiences building various branches around Edmonton, new and renovated, including the massively renovated Central library. They also talked about value of public […]

Posted 16 January 2024 § Library § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “It’s cold out there/But it’s warm in bed/They can dance/We’ll stay home instead”

“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go!” – Wham!

Posted 15 January 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Morbidity and Mortality Conferences

I just finished a book called “The Big Fail: What The Pandemic Revealed About Who It Protects and Who it Leaves Behind” which is a fairly even handed look at the Covid pandemic, three years after it began, by the same journalists who wrote “Smartest Guys in the Room” about the Enron scandal. This book […]

Posted 10 January 2024 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Carve the Turkey/Turn the ball game on/Mix margaritas when the egg-nog’s gone Send somebody to the Quickpak Store/We need some ice and an extension cord”

More than ever before, feel unbelievably fortunate to have all four grandparents joining us for Christmas this year… “Merry Christmas From the Family” – Cody Cannon

Posted 25 December 2023 § Family § Humour § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Three Levels of Relationship in Any Workplace

The three levels of relationships that exist for all employees, at any level, are: 1. with those who are above you in the hierarchy 2. those who are below you 3. those who are at the same level as you In my experience, people tend to be good in one or two of these “directions” […]

Posted 13 December 2023 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Wisdom Wednesday – Your Real Job Is To Be A Translator

I was in an OH&S meeting once where they were talking about buying walkie-talkies so staff could more easily communicate with each other in our large Central branch. One of the clerks spoke up and said “What sort of training will we get?” A high level manager could barely hide her distain as she replied […]

Posted 06 December 2023 § Jobs § Library § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Are We (Finally) Coming Out of Covid? Probably Not But Also Maybe?

I haven’t written a lot about Covid lately but it’s interesting to reflect on how our attitudes and therefore, our language, changes. For instance, I have started saying “Coming out of Covid” to refer to our current situation and as a reflection of what I see in wider society – very little masking (including myself […]

Posted 05 December 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,