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Music Monday – “And that Holy Water, that you soak in is then poisoned/When everyone else Is more comfortable remaining voiceless/Rather than fighting for humans/That have had their rights stolen”

Hip hop isn’t always known for its sensitivity around issues of misogyny and homophobia  so this song, written in support of efforts to legalize same sex marriage in Washington State, is a welcome change… “Same Love” – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Posted 10 June 2013 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Five Things That Reminded Me of Hawaii During My Walk Around Wascana Lake at Noon Today

Going to Hawaii a year and a half ago was one of the best trips of my life and I’m constantly thinking about when we’ll be able to get back (short answer: probably not for a long time!) But if I can’t get there in person, I can pretend I’m there, even when I’m still [...]

Posted 07 June 2013 § List § MemoryLane § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Eight Arrested After Brawl at Kindergarten Graduation

I hope this doesn’t happen at Pace’s kindergarten graduation in a couple weeks! This is my favourite quote from an article that’s full of all kinds of crazy details (“shots were not fired but someone did pick up a hammer”.) Cleveland Police Commander Wayne Drummond said investigators were trying to confirm reports that a spilled [...]

Posted 04 June 2013 § Humour § Pace § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Business Case for Happiness in the Workplace

I’ve long been a believer that a happy workplace is a productive, engaged workplace. Now, it looks like Canadian business schools are starting to agree. From the Globe & Mail (with my own bolding of parts I found particularly relevant)… The business case for happiness in the workplace DELLA BRADSHAW Published Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 07:00PM [...]

Posted 23 May 2013 § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sriracha Hot Sauce Catches Fire

A Business Week profile of the Sriracha Hot Sauce company including its founder, its history and some reasons why its been so successful. My own introduction to the fabled hot sauce was fairly typical – when I started working at the Sask Publishers Group, my boss took me for Vietnamese food (is it possible I [...]

Posted 16 May 2013 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

*Please* Don’t Believe In Psychics. Please! Pretty Please!!!

My life has developed over the years to a point where I endeavour to lead my life and make my decisions from a place that’s focused on using evidence, science, skepticism and facts to determine how I understand and interact with the world.  This is the culmination of many things coming together – my lifelong [...]

Posted 08 May 2013 § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Dying Man’s Wish – Leave $500 Tip on a Pizza Order

I’m not sure if this fits as a May Day story or not but I like the sentiment – people who do tough jobs for very little reward sometimes deserve to be surprised with some over-the-top generosity (although there’s also a flip side argument that if we paid decent wages to our servers, tipping wouldn’t [...]

Posted 01 May 2013 § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sappy § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

10 Things Wrestling and Religion Have In Common

I don’t watch wrestling as much as I used to but Wrestlemania Sunday is always a special day. I rarely shell out the sixty bucks for the PPV but have watched when I’m with a group of people or at a bar or something. But this year, through the magic of the Internet, I may [...]

Posted 07 April 2013 § Humour § MemoryLane § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

‘Rasslin and the Tea Party

The WWE is currently running an angle where a couple of bad guy wrestlers (“heels” in wrestling jargon) are acting like members of a quasi-Tea Party-like group while a Mexican wrestler is the good guy (“babyface”) standing up to their bigotry. This is unique for a couple reasons – wrestling is not known for being [...]

Posted 24 March 2013 § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Mitt Romney’s Damning “47 Per Cent” Video and the New Politics of Privacy

In a world where smart phones and other recording devices are ubiquitous (and increasingly undetectable), when will politicians (and political advisors) realise that everything they say (even in semi-private and private) can and will be recorded? Probably never…

Posted 14 March 2013 § Censorship § Meme § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,