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Monthly Archives February 2016

The Moral Bucket List: Resume Values vs. Eulogy Values

ABOUT once a month I run across a person who radiates an inner light. These people can be in any walk of life. They seem deeply good. They listen well. They make you feel funny and valued. You often catch them looking after other people and as they do so their laugh is musical and […]

¶ Posted 07 February 2016 § Family § Jobs § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, philosophy

Saturday Snap – February in Saskatchewan?

Lots of rain and zero snow in the parking lot at work (and yes, I do work across the street from a Source Adult Video store!)

¶ Posted 06 February 2016 § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Uncategorized § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell CLA

The Canadian Library Association recently voted to wind down their operations so they can be re-born as a new “federation of associations” from across Canada and also to re-focus on what they do best (national voice for libraries = yes; conferences = not as much, especially when OLA is widely regarded as “the” Canadian library […]

¶ Posted 04 February 2016 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, ontario, travel

Random Thoughts on the First US Primaries

Does anyone else find the idea of caucuses weird (especially how the Democrats do it where you show your support publicly and others try to convince you to support other candidates?) It also seems like there’s an inherent bias to people who can afford to give up an evening – harder for the single parent […]

¶ Posted 02 February 2016 § News § Politics § Randomness § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Buddy’s real talent was beating people up/His heart wasn’t in it but the crowd ate it up”

Following up on yesterday’s post, John Scott capped an amazing run that, if it was a movie script, would be rejected as too unbelievable – starting as a joke write-in candidate for the NHL all-star game, getting traded and demoted, his all-star berth in doubt, fighting back against the powers that be, both directly and with […]