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Monthly Archives March 2020

The Price of Gas Is Lower Than When I Started Working As A Gas Station in High School!

This is from Medicine Hat, Alberta, not Indian Head, Saskatchewan. But it’s absolutely insane that a litre of gas now costs *less* than when I started working at a gas station in 1989 when gas was 45.9 cents per litre (49.9 for Supreme!) – a number imprinted on my brain the same way I still […]

¶ Posted 31 March 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “All by myself/Don’t want to be, all by myself anymore/All by myself/Don’t want to live, all by myself anymore”

“All By Myself” – Eric Carmen

¶ Posted 30 March 2020 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, music

The First Celebrity COVID Death?

I would never have guessed that Joe Diffie would be the first celebrity COVID death (well, if a tier B 1990’s country singer counts as a celebrity but I liked quite a few of his songs back in the day so why not?) And if this helps even one Red Stater stay home, his death […]

¶ Posted 29 March 2020 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, music

Saturday Snap – ElevateBoarding

At a time when people should be minimizing any activities that may result in a preventable trip to the hospital, Shea and I have mixed feelings about seeing Pace get his skateboard out now that spring seems to be here. Honestly, he’s pretty skilled and safe (notwithstanding how it looks due to the timely snap […]

¶ Posted 28 March 2020 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, health, sports

Friday Fun Link – Some Useful COVID-19 Resources & Trackers

These are ordered roughly in the order that I find them useful but I’d encourage anyone reading this to open them all and find which ones you prefer for yourself. Also, feel free to post a comment if there are sites I haven’t listed that you prefer. COVID-19 Canada Tracker – designed by a […]

¶ Posted 27 March 2020 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § List § News § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happier Times at the Hospital (May 2007)

It’s amazing how the hospital can be both the location for some of the happiest moments of people’s lives (births of children, news about diseases being beaten and bones being healed) and some of the worst (a loved one doesn’t make it after an accident, grandma’s last breaths on the palliative care ward, the diagnosis […]

¶ Posted 26 March 2020 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science

In The Meantime…

…picking away at a very important COVID post (well, very long anyhow!) but in the meantime, here’s a pic of how we showed we love nurses during this pandemic…

¶ Posted 24 March 2020 § Family § Jobs § Meme § Pace § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, cute, health

Music Monday – “And the saddest thing would be/Is if you up and said to me/That you’re tired of running scared/And you really don’t care/About the ice age, baby”

I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman

¶ Posted 23 March 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, history, music

Secular Sunday – What Evangelical Leaders Told Their Congregations About COVID-19

Of course my hope is that as many people as possible come out of this pandemic unharmed as possible. But I can’t help but note the rich irony that the virus is most likely to affect people who least believe in science, non-religious authorities, and who are the most susceptible to misinformation and false narratives. […]