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Monthly Archives January 2020

Friday Fun Link – Family Man Retires at 39

Tim works at RPL (I know “works at RPL” conflicts with the title of this post but he works here in the same way that a retired 65 year old might pick up a part-time job at a local retailer to keep busy/do something they enjoy/make some “mad money” to supplement their savings.) Anyhow, a […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2020 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Readers Are Leaders (March 2014)

Speaking of the importance of being surrounded by books from an early age…

¶ Posted 30 January 2020 § Baby § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, science

Bell Let’s Talk – Counterpoint

Wednesday was Bell Media’s “Let’s Talk” Day which promotes removing the stigma around mental health by talking about it. While the idea behind it is a good and admirable one, there are also some things that make it quite problematic, especially when its a private corporation rather than government or non-profits working in that area […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2020 § Canada § Meme § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, rant

“Losing My Religion” – The Story Behind the Song

A bit more about the song I featured in yesterday’s “Music Monday” post…

¶ Posted 28 January 2020 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music

Music Monday – “Every whisper/Of every waking hour I’m/Choosing my confessions”

Recommended by a patron at my branch… “Losing My Religion” – Lacuna Coil

¶ Posted 27 January 2020 § Library § MusicMonday § Randomness § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

It’s Okay To Have Too Many Books, In Fact, It May Be Beneficial

After a lifetime as a reader, studying English in undergrad, working with book publishers and writers across two provinces, attending book & publishing conferences where advanced reading copies are given out freely, even hitting way too many charity book sales and garage sales in my life, I suspect I own roughly a thousand books. How […]

¶ Posted 26 January 2020 § Library § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, education, language, science

Saturday Snap – Healthy Snack?

When you wake up from a nap and see your daughter has left you a healthy snack consisting of…a fruit roll-up and a Werther’s candy. 🙂

¶ Posted 25 January 2020 § Family § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health

Friday Fun Link – #DollyParton Challenge (Okay, I’ll Play)

¶ Posted 24 January 2020 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Fossilized Opal Dinosaur Tooth

Considering I barely passed Geology 101 with a 51% to get my undergrad science credit (whew!), I spend a lot of time these days thinking about dinosaurs, geologic time, and the makeup of our planet. I know we’re hardwired for it as a species but I also think a lot about how all humans (hi!) […]