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 […]
“All By Myself” – Eric Carmen
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yes, the *next* mass pandemic. We dodged the bullet a few times with recent outbreaks like SARS, H1N1, Ebola, etc. But some very smart people foresaw that a devastating worldwide pandemic was inevitable due to the increasing number of viruses that were reaching humans. This is the result of a combination of humans aggressively moving […]
…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…
I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman
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. […]
