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Monthly Archives January 2016

Throwback Thursday – UWO’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies January 2006 MLIS Cohort

[Edit: I have no idea why I posted this on a Wednesday. I’ve fixed the date.] I’m still thankful that, ten years ago this month, a couple upper year students told me during my first couple weeks of library school that it’s more important to get a photo of the people you start the program with rather […]

Music Monday – “When your day is long/And the night, the night is yours alone/When you’re sure you’ve had enough/Of this life, well hang on”

Today is “Blue Monday”, allegedly the saddest day of the year due to a mix of distance from Christmas, weather and credit cards coming due (although it’s actually just a random day picked to help sell winter vacations.) I thought about posting “Blue Monday” by New Order but that song actually makes me quite happy. So this is […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, holiday, science, weather

Secular Sunday – Moose Jaw Mother Wants To Remove “Lord’s Prayer” From Public School

It blows my mind that a vast majority of parents apparently voted that playing the Lord’s Prayer in school was okay in the first place. But I guess the vast majority once voted that black students shouldn’t mix with white students either and that injustice eventually got corrected as well.

¶ Posted 17 January 2016 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, saskatchewan

Saturday Song – “Power to Devour All Who Are Sour”

I think it’s important to note that neither Pace nor Sasha have had a single music lesson in their lives and yet came up with this entire song (and title) completely by themselves tonight…

¶ Posted 16 January 2016 § Pace § PopCulture § Sasha § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, music, youtube

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

¶ Posted 15 January 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, travel, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – Kids in Cuba, 5 Years Apart (2011, 2016)

Pace in 2011… Sasha in 2016…

¶ Posted 14 January 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday

“Making A Murderer” Is More Than a Compelling Whodunit; It’s An Incisive Portrait of American Social Class

Privilege is a special right, or advantage available only to a particular person or group of people. The term is commonly used in the context of social inequality, particularly in regard to social class,[1] race, age, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. Two common examples would be having access to a higher education and housing. Probably […]